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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4437 - מַלְכוּ

Transliteration

malkûw

Phonetics

mal-koo'

Origin

corresponding to (H4438)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2829c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

royalty, reign, kingdom
1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority
2. kingdom
3. realm (of territory)
4. reign (of time)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2362 ‑ θρόνος (thron'‑os); 5117 ‑ τόπος (top'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (57)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

BSB (55)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

CSB (55)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

ESV (57)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

KJV (57)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

LEB (57)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

LSB (57)

Ezra 4

Daniel 53

N95 (58)

Ezra 4

Daniel 54

NAS (58)

Ezra 4

Daniel 54

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (58)

Ezra 5

Daniel 53

ASV (57)

a kingdom 1

and a kingdom 1

and his kingdom 3

and in the reign 1

and the kingdom 1

for the royal 1

his kingdom 2

his kingly 1

in my kingdom 1

in my realm 1

in the kingdom 7

in the reign 1

in thy kingdom 1

kingdom 8

kingdoms 1

men of my kingdom 1

of my kingdom 2

of the kingdom 1

of the kingdoms 1

of the reign 2

realm 1

shall the sovereignty 1

so the kingdom 1

the kingdom 9

the kingdoms 1

the realm 1

the royal 1

this kingdom 1

thy kingdom 3

BSB (55)

a kingdom 1

and his kingdom 1

and his kingdom is one 1

and kingship 1

and the reign 1

as a royal 1

during the reign 1

his kingdom 3

his royal 1

in my kingdom 1

in the kingdom 3

in your kingdom 1

it 2

kingdom 8

kingdoms 1

means that your kingdom 1

my throne 1

of my kingdom 3

of the reign 2

over the kingdom 4

so this kingdom 1

sovereignty 2

that the kingdom 1

the days of your reign 1

the kingdom 5

the kingdoms 1

the other kingdoms 1

the realm 1

the royal 1

then the sovereignty 1

this kingdom 1

your kingdom 1

CSB (55)

a kingdom 1

it 1

kingdom 23

kingdoms 2

realm 1

royal 3

sovereignty 2

the kingdom 15

the kingdoms 1

the realm 2

the reign 4

ESV (57)

kingdom 44

kingdoms 3

kingly 1

kingship 1

realm 1

reign 4

royal 3

KJV (57)

kingdom 47

kingdoms 2

kingly 1

realm 3

reign 4

LEB (57)

a kingdom 1

and during the kingdom of 1

and his kingdom 3

and kingship 1

and the kingdom 2

as a royal 1

during the kingdom of 1

from this kingdom 1

his kingdom 2

in authority in the kingdom 2

in command in the kingdom 1

in my kingdom 1

in your kingdom 1

is his kingdom 1

kingdom 5

kingdom⌋ 3

kingdom 1

kingdoms 1

my kingdom 4

of the reign of 2

over the kingdom of 4

so your kingdom 1

the kingdom 9

the kingdom ⌊when he was about sixty 1

the kingdom of 1

the kingdom⌋ 1

the kingdoms 1

the other kingdoms 1

the roof of ⌊the royal 1

your kingdom 2

LSB (57)

kingdom 48

kingdoms 3

reign 3

royal 3

N95 (58)

affairs 1

government 1

kingdom 38

kingdoms 3

realm 4

reign 4

royal 3

sovereignty 4

NAS (58)

affairs 1

government 1

kingdom 38

kingdoms 3

realm 4

reign 4

royal 3

sovereignty 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (58)

a kingdom 1

and a kingdom 1

and his kingdom 2

and in the reign 1

for the royal 1

his kingdom 3

his kingly 1

in my kingdom 1

in my realm 1

in the kingdom 7

in the reign 1

in your kingdom 1

kingdom 8

kingdoms 1

men of my kingdom 1

of my kingdom 2

of the kingdom 1

of the kingdoms 1

of the reign 2

realm 1

shall its sovereignty 1

so the kingdom 1

the king 1

the kingdom 10

the kingdoms 1

the realm 1

the royal 1

this kingdom 1

your kingdom 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2340) k l m (מלכ MLK) AC: Reign CO: King AB: Kingdom: [from: kl- walking among the people]

V) k l m (מלכ MLK) - Reign: To reign over a kingdom as king or queen. KJV (348): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal) reign, king, made, queen, consult, rule, set - Strongs: H4427 (מָלַךְ)

N^m) k l m (מלכ MLK) - I. King:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Counsel:[Aramaic only] KJV (2704): king, royal, counsel - Strongs: H4428 (מֶלֶךְ), H4430 (מֶלֶךְ), H4431 (מְלַךְ)

N^f1) e k l m (מלכה MLKH) - Queen: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (37): queen - Strongs: H4433 (מַלְכָּה), H4436 (מַלְכָּה)

N^f2) t k l m (מלכת MLKT) - Queen: KJV (5): queen - Strongs: H4446 (מְלֶכֶת)

N^f3) t f k l m (מלכות MLKWT) - Kingdom: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (148): kingdom, reign, royal, empire, estate, realm, kingly - Strongs: H4437 (מַלְכוּ), H4438 (מַלְכֻוָּה)

a^f1) e k l m m (ממלכה MMLKH) - Kingdom: KJV (117): kingdom, royal, reign - Strongs: H4467 (מַמְלָכָה)

a^f3) t f k l m m (ממלכות MMLKWT) - Kingdom: KJV (9): kingdom, reign - Strongs: H4468 (מַמְלָכוּת)

d^f1) e k f l m (מלוכה MLWKH) - Kingdom: KJV (24): kingdom, royal - Strongs: H4410 (מְלוּכָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute ׳מ Daniel 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emphatic תָא- Daniel 2:37 +, תָה- Daniel 2:44; suffix תִי- Daniel 4:15 +, הֵתּ- Daniel 3:33 +, תָךְ- Daniel 4:23 +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת Daniel 7:27; emphatic וָתָא- Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:23; —

1 royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:28; Daniel 4:33; ׳הֵיכַל מ Daniel 4:26, ׳בֵּית מ Daniel 4:27, כָּרְסֵא Daniel 5:20.

2 organized (world-) kingdom: Daniel 2:39 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:40,41,42,44; Daniel 7:23 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:24,27; אֲנָשָׁא׳מ Daniel 4:14; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; Daniel 5:21; of specific kings Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18,28; Daniel 6:1; of God Daniel 3:33; Daniel 7:27 (both עָלַם׳מ), Daniel 2:44 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:33; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 6:27; Daniel 7:27; of Messiah Daniel 7:14 (twice in verse); of saints Daniel 7:18 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:22,27.

3 realm (territorial) Daniel 4:15; Daniel 4:33 b; Daniel 5:7,11,16,29; Daniel 6:2 (twice in verse); Daniel 6:4; Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:27; Ezra 7:13,23; metonymy Ezra 6:5 #NAME?

4 reign, time of reigning Daniel 5:26; Daniel 6:29 (twice in verse); Ezra 4:24; Ezra 6:15.

List of Word Forms

בְּמַלְכ֣וּת בְּמַלְכוּתִי֩ בְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְ בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃ בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א במלכות במלכותא במלכותא׃ במלכותי במלכותך וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔ה וּמַלְכ֔וּ וּמַלְכ֨וּ וּמַלְכוּ֙ וּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּ וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א וּמַלְכוּתָ֨ה ובמלכות ומלכו ומלכותא ומלכותה לְמַלְכ֖וּת למלכות מַלְכ֔וּ מַלְכ֣וּת מַלְכ֤וּ מַלְכ֥וּ מַלְכ֥וּת מַלְכְוָת֙ מַלְכְוָתָ֑א מַלְכְוָתָ֔א מַלְכוּ֙ מַלְכוּתִ֗י מַלְכוּתִ֜י מַלְכוּתִ֣י מַלְכוּתֵ֔הּ מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכוּתָ֑א מַלְכוּתָ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ מַלְכוּתָ֖ה מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ מַלְכוּתָ֗א מַלְכוּתָ֛א מַלְכוּתָ֤א מַלְכוּתָ֥א מַלְכוּתָֽא׃ מַלְכוּתָא֙ מלכו מלכות מלכותא מלכותא׃ מלכותה מלכותי מלכותך bə·mal·ḵū·ṯā ḇə·mal·ḵū·ṯā bə·mal·ḵū·ṯāḵ bə·mal·ḵū·ṯî bə·mal·ḵūṯ bemalChut bemalchuTa bemalchuTach bemalchuTi bəmalḵūṯ bəmalḵūṯā ḇəmalḵūṯā bəmalḵūṯāḵ bəmalḵūṯî lə·mal·ḵūṯ lemalChut ləmalḵūṯ mal·ḵə·wā·ṯā mal·ḵə·wāṯ mal·ḵū mal·ḵū·ṯā mal·ḵū·ṯāh mal·ḵū·ṯāḵ mal·ḵū·ṯêh mal·ḵū·ṯî mal·ḵūṯ malcheVat malchevaTa malChu malChut malchuTa malchuTach malchuTah malchuTeh malchuTi malḵəwāṯ malḵəwāṯā malḵū malḵūṯ malḵūṯā malḵūṯāh malḵūṯāḵ malḵūṯêh malḵūṯî ū·ḇə·mal·ḵūṯ ū·mal·ḵū ū·mal·ḵū·ṯā ū·mal·ḵū·ṯāh ū·mal·ḵū·ṯêh ūḇəmalḵūṯ umalChu umalchuTa uMalchuTah umalchuTeh ūmalḵū ūmalḵūṯā ūmalḵūṯāh ūmalḵūṯêh uvemalChut vemalchuTa