מְלוּכָה melukhah

Hebrew word for “kingship” · Strong’s H4410 · used 24 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

kingship, royalty, kingly office

How it is translated

Glosses given for melukhah in context, with how often each is used:

• kingship 16
• royalty 7
• will be that which a kingship 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 10 (2), 1 Kings 2 (2), 1 Samuel 11 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 2 Samuel 12 (1), 2 Samuel 16 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1), 1 Kings 11 (1), 1 Kings 12 (1)

Forms

• המלוכה 19
• מלוכה 3
• המלכה 1
• למלוכה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with melukhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זֶרַע zera “seed” 4
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 4
• שְׁמוּאֵל shemuel “Samuel” 3
• עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 3
• לָחַם lacham “to fight” 3
• אֱלִישָׁמָע elishama “Elishama” 2
• נְתַנְיָהוּ netanyah “Nethaniah” 2
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 3
• גְּדַלְיָהוּ gedalyah “Gedaliah” 2
• מִצְפָּה mitspah “Mizpah” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• יִשְׁמָעֵאל yishmael “Ishmael” 2

Key verses

The verses using melukhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 14:47 — So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and…
• 1 Samuel 18:8 — And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands:…
• 2 Samuel 12:26 — And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
• 1 Kings 2:15 — And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and…
• 1 Kings 2:22 — And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine…
• 1 Kings 21:7 — And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the…
• 1 Chronicles 10:14 — And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
• Isaiah 62:3 — Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
• Jeremiah 41:1 — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men…
• Ezekiel 16:13 — Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and…
• Ezekiel 17:13 — And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
• Obadiah 1:21 — And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.