מַלְכָּה malkah
Hebrew word for “queen” · Strong’s H4436 · used 35 times in 34 verses
Meaning
queen; Aramaic equivalent: mal.kah (מַלְכָּה "queen" H4433)
Senses in the lexicon
- queen (27)
- Queen (of Sheba) (8)
How it is translated
Glosses given for malkah in context, with how often each is used:
- queen 33
- queens 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther | 25 | 8.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Song of Solomon | 2 | 1.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Esther 1 (7), Esther 7 (7), 1 Kings 10 (4), 2 Chronicles 9 (4), Esther 5 (3), Esther 9 (3), Esther 8 (2), Song of Solomon 6 (2), Esther 2 (1), Esther 4 (1)
Forms
- המלכה 23
- מלכת 4
- מלכות 2
- ומלכת 2
- למלכת 2
- במלכה 1
- והמלכה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with malkah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 17
- שְׁבָא sheva “Sheba” 8
- הָמָן haman “Haman” 8
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh “Ahasuerus” 7
- וַשְׁתִּי vashti “Vashti” 6
- מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay “Mordecai” 6
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 8
- בַּקָּשָׁה baqqashah “request” 4
- מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh “feast” 5
- יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 5
- מַלְכוּת malkhut “royalty” 4
- שְׁאֵלָה sheelah “petition” 3
Key verses
The verses using malkah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices…
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels…
- Esther 1:11 — To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Esther 5:3 — Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
- Esther 7:3 — Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my…
- Esther 7:6 — And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Esther 7:7 — And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen;…
- Esther 7:8 — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the…
- Song of Solomon 6:8 — There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
- Song of Solomon 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea,…
See all 34 verses in the Word Atlas
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.