מַלְכוּת malkhut

Hebrew word for “royalty” · Strong’s H4438 · used 91 times in 82 verses

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Meaning

1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power;

How it is translated

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

• kingdom 47
• reign 21
• royalty 18
• own kingdom 2
• queenhood 2
• kingdoms 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 1 (8), Daniel 11 (6), Esther 2 (3), Esther 5 (3), Psalms 145 (3), Daniel 8 (3), 1 Chronicles 17 (2), 1 Chronicles 28 (2), 1 Chronicles 29 (2), 2 Chronicles 2 (2)

Forms

• מלכות 27
• מלכותו 20
• למלכות 9
• למלכותו 6
• מלכותך 5
• המלכות 5
• במלכות 4
• מלכתו 3
• במלכותו 3
• מלכותם 2

Words used with it

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

• פָּרַס paras “Persia” 9
• אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh “Ahasuerus” 9
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 16
• כּוּן kun “to establish” 10
• כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 9
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 11
• אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 6
• עַד ad “till” 11
• וַשְׁתִּי vashti “Vashti” 4
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 8
• דָּוִד david “David” 9
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 6

Key verses

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

• Numbers 24:7 — He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
• 1 Chronicles 17:11 — And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy…
• 1 Chronicles 28:5 — And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 36:22 — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit…
• Ezra 1:1 — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus…
• Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their…
• Esther 4:14 — For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy…
• Esther 8:15 — And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and…
• Psalms 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
• Jeremiah 10:7 — Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there…
• Daniel 1:20 — And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were…
• Daniel 8:23 — And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall…

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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.