מַלְכוּ malkhu
Hebrew word for “kingdom” · Strong’s H4437 · used 57 times in 43 verses
Meaning
1) royalty, reign, kingdom; 1a) royalty, kingship, kingly authority; 1b) kingdom; 1c) realm (of territory); 1d) reign (of time)
How it is translated
Glosses given for malkhu in context, with how often each is used:
- kingdom 25
- kingdom the 20
- reign 4
- over the kingdom 4
- kingdoms the 2
- kingdoms 1
- will be a kingdom 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 4 (11), Daniel 5 (10), Daniel 2 (6), Daniel 6 (6), Daniel 7 (6), Ezra 7 (2), Ezra 4 (1), Ezra 6 (1)
Forms
- מלכותא 14
- מלכו 5
- ומלכותה 5
- מלכותה 5
- במלכות 5
- מלכות 4
- מלכותי 4
- ומלכו 3
- מלכותך 3
- במלכותא 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with malkhu more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 32
- כֹּל kol “all” 15
- מִן־ min “from” 15
- הֲוָא hava “to be” 13
- עַל al “since” 14
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 14
- עַד ad “till” 10
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 11
- קוּם qum “to stand” 9
- שָׁמַיִן shamayin “heaven” 9
- עָלַם alam “perpetuity” 7
- יְקָר yeqar “honor” 6
Key verses
The verses using malkhu that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:37 — Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
- Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
- Daniel 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in…
- Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet…
- Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall…
- Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I…
- Daniel 5:18 — O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- Daniel 5:20 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
- Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…
- Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
- Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose…
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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.