Malakh מָלַךְ

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Malakh
מָלַךְ
Transliterationmalakh
Strong's numberH4427 (H4427A, H4427B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto reign
Occurrences348 in 284 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (73)

Malakh (Hebrew מָלַךְ, Strong's H4427) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to reign”. It occurs 348 times in 284 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4427A: to reign

1) to be or become king or queen, reign
1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen

H4427B: to advise

1) to counsel, advise
1a) (Niphal) to consider
Aramaic equivalent: me.lakh (מְלֵךְ "counsel" H4431)

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

Translated as

KJVreigned (160), reign (116), king (45), reigneth (11), made (6), queen (2), indeed reign (1), make (1), up (1), reigning (1), surely (1), consulted (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBreigned (73), he reigned (54), he became king (39), became king (29), king (25), reign (12), will reign (9), reigns (8), his reign (8), made him king (6), zedekiah's reign (3), will be king (2), and 58 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Micah

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).
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