מַמְלָכָה mamlakhah
Hebrew word for “kingdom” · Strong’s H4467 · used 117 times in 113 verses
Meaning
1) kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty; 1a) kingdom, realm; 1b) sovereignty, dominion; 1c) reign
How it is translated
Glosses given for mamlakhah in context, with how often each is used:
- kingdom 57
- kingdoms 49
- royalty 5
- kingship 3
- reign 2
- against kingdom 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 19 | 1.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 17 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 14 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Kings | 12 | 0.9 | |
| Deuteronomy | 7 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Amos | 3 | 1.5 |
Also in 11 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 3 (4), 1 Kings 11 (4), 2 Samuel 7 (3), Deuteronomy 17 (2), 1 Samuel 13 (2), 2 Samuel 3 (2), 2 Kings 19 (2), 1 Chronicles 29 (2), 2 Chronicles 13 (2), 2 Chronicles 17 (2)
Forms
- ממלכות 37
- הממלכה 23
- ממלכת 12
- ממלכה 9
- הממלכות 8
- ממלכתו 7
- ממלכתך 3
- והממלכה 3
- וממלכה 3
- וממלכות 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mamlakhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 22
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 15
- כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 9
- דָּוִד david “David” 13
- עוֹג og “Og” 6
- זַעֲוָה zaavah “horror” 5
- כּוּן kun “to establish” 8
- קוּם qum “to arise” 10
- בָּשָׁן bashan “Bashan” 6
- עַתָּה attah “now” 9
- עִם im “with” 11
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 11
Key verses
The verses using mamlakhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 17:20 — That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may…
- Deuteronomy 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed…
- 2 Samuel 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will…
- 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the…
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine…
- Psalms 46:6 — The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
- Jeremiah 1:10 — See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
- Jeremiah 24:9 — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places…
- Jeremiah 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,…
- Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…
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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.