Melukhah מְלוּכָה

Melukhah (Hebrew מְלוּכָה, Strong's H4410) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “kingship”. It occurs 24 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Melukhah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 10:16
  And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
• 1 Samuel 10:25
  Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
• 1 Samuel 11:14
  Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
• 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 against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
• 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: and what can he have more but the kingdom?And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 12:26
  And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
• 2 Samuel 16:8
  The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:46
  And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
• 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 is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
• 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 elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
• 1 Kings 11:35
  But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
• 1 Kings 12:21
  And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
• 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 vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 25:25
  But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 10:14
  And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Psalms

• Psalm 22:28
  For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 34:12
  They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
• 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.You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

Jeremiah

• 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 with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

Ezekiel

• 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 thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
• 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:He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

Daniel

• Daniel 1:3
  And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

Obadiah

• 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.The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).