H4427: מָלַךְ
mâlak · pronounced maw-lak' · “to reign”
Definition
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV translates it as: consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4427 is translated
- he reigned ×98
- he became king ×78
- he ×41
- he will reign ×16
- they made king ×16
- his ×12
- he reigns ×7
- he made king ×6
- reigned ×5
- him ×5
- make king ×5
- reigning ×4
Bible verses with H4427 (mâlak)
Mâlak appears in 284 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 36:31
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
- Genesis 36:32
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:33
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
- Genesis 36:34
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
- Genesis 36:35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:36
And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
- Genesis 36:37
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
- Genesis 36:38
And Saul died, and Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
- Genesis 36:39
And Baal–hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
- Genesis 37:8
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
- Exodus 15:18
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
- Joshua 13:10
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
- Joshua 13:12
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
- Joshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Judges 4:2
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- Judges 9:6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- Judges 9:8
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
- Judges 9:10
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:12
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:14
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:16
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
- Judges 9:18
And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
- 1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- 1 Samuel 8:9
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
- 1 Samuel 8:11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
All 284 references
- 1 Samuel 8:22
- 1 Samuel 11:12
- 1 Samuel 11:15
- 1 Samuel 12:1
- 1 Samuel 12:12
- 1 Samuel 12:14
- 1 Samuel 13:1
- 1 Samuel 15:11
- 1 Samuel 15:35
- 1 Samuel 16:1
- 1 Samuel 23:17
- 1 Samuel 24:20
- 2 Samuel 2:9
- 2 Samuel 2:10
- 2 Samuel 3:21
- 2 Samuel 5:4
- 2 Samuel 5:5
- 2 Samuel 8:15
- 2 Samuel 10:1
- 2 Samuel 15:10
- 2 Samuel 16:8
- 1 Kings 1:5
- 1 Kings 1:11
- 1 Kings 1:13
- 1 Kings 1:17
- 1 Kings 1:18
- 1 Kings 1:24
- 1 Kings 1:30
- 1 Kings 1:35
- 1 Kings 1:43
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 1 Kings 2:15
- 1 Kings 3:7
- 1 Kings 6:1
- 1 Kings 11:24
- 1 Kings 11:25
- 1 Kings 11:37
- 1 Kings 11:42
- 1 Kings 11:43
- 1 Kings 12:1
- 1 Kings 12:17
- 1 Kings 12:20
- 1 Kings 14:19
- 1 Kings 14:20
- 1 Kings 14:21
- 1 Kings 14:31
- 1 Kings 15:1
- 1 Kings 15:2
- 1 Kings 15:8
- 1 Kings 15:9
- 1 Kings 15:10
- 1 Kings 15:24
- 1 Kings 15:25
- 1 Kings 15:28
- 1 Kings 15:29
- 1 Kings 15:33
- 1 Kings 16:6
- 1 Kings 16:8
- 1 Kings 16:10
- 1 Kings 16:11
- 1 Kings 16:15
- 1 Kings 16:16
- 1 Kings 16:21
- 1 Kings 16:22
- 1 Kings 16:23
- 1 Kings 16:28
- 1 Kings 16:29
- 1 Kings 22:40
- 1 Kings 22:41
- 1 Kings 22:42
- 1 Kings 22:50
- 1 Kings 22:51
- 2 Kings 1:17
- 2 Kings 3:1
- 2 Kings 3:27
- 2 Kings 8:15
- 2 Kings 8:16
- 2 Kings 8:17
- 2 Kings 8:20
- 2 Kings 8:24
- 2 Kings 8:25
- 2 Kings 8:26
- 2 Kings 9:13
- 2 Kings 9:29
- 2 Kings 10:5
- 2 Kings 10:35
- 2 Kings 10:36
- 2 Kings 11:3
- 2 Kings 11:12
- 2 Kings 11:21
- 2 Kings 12:1
- 2 Kings 12:21
- 2 Kings 13:1
- 2 Kings 13:9
- 2 Kings 13:10
- 2 Kings 13:24
- 2 Kings 14:1
- 2 Kings 14:2
- 2 Kings 14:16
- 2 Kings 14:21
- 2 Kings 14:23
- 2 Kings 14:29
- 2 Kings 15:1
- 2 Kings 15:2
- 2 Kings 15:7
- 2 Kings 15:8
- 2 Kings 15:10
- 2 Kings 15:13
- 2 Kings 15:14
- 2 Kings 15:17
- 2 Kings 15:22
- 2 Kings 15:23
- 2 Kings 15:25
- 2 Kings 15:27
- 2 Kings 15:30
- 2 Kings 15:32
- 2 Kings 15:33
- 2 Kings 15:38
- 2 Kings 16:1
- 2 Kings 16:2
- 2 Kings 16:20
- 2 Kings 17:1
- 2 Kings 17:21
- 2 Kings 18:1
- 2 Kings 18:2
- 2 Kings 19:37
- 2 Kings 20:21
- 2 Kings 21:1
- 2 Kings 21:18
- 2 Kings 21:19
- 2 Kings 21:24
- 2 Kings 21:26
- 2 Kings 22:1
- 2 Kings 23:30
- 2 Kings 23:31
- 2 Kings 23:33
- 2 Kings 23:34
- 2 Kings 23:36
- 2 Kings 24:6
- 2 Kings 24:8
- 2 Kings 24:12
- 2 Kings 24:17
- 2 Kings 24:18
- 2 Kings 25:1
- 2 Kings 25:27
- 1 Chronicles 1:43
- 1 Chronicles 1:44
- 1 Chronicles 1:45
- 1 Chronicles 1:46
- 1 Chronicles 1:47
- 1 Chronicles 1:48
- 1 Chronicles 1:49
- 1 Chronicles 1:50
- 1 Chronicles 3:4
- 1 Chronicles 4:31
- 1 Chronicles 11:10
- 1 Chronicles 12:31
- 1 Chronicles 12:38
- 1 Chronicles 16:31
- 1 Chronicles 18:14
- 1 Chronicles 19:1
- 1 Chronicles 23:1
- 1 Chronicles 28:4
- 1 Chronicles 29:22
- 1 Chronicles 29:26
- 1 Chronicles 29:27
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
- 2 Chronicles 1:8
- 2 Chronicles 1:9
- 2 Chronicles 1:11
- 2 Chronicles 1:13
- 2 Chronicles 9:30
- 2 Chronicles 9:31
- 2 Chronicles 10:1
- 2 Chronicles 10:17
- 2 Chronicles 11:22
- 2 Chronicles 12:13
- 2 Chronicles 12:16
- 2 Chronicles 13:1
- 2 Chronicles 13:2
- 2 Chronicles 14:1
- 2 Chronicles 16:13
- 2 Chronicles 17:1
- 2 Chronicles 17:7
- 2 Chronicles 20:31
- 2 Chronicles 21:1
- 2 Chronicles 21:5
- 2 Chronicles 21:8
- 2 Chronicles 21:20
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
- 2 Chronicles 22:2
- 2 Chronicles 22:12
- 2 Chronicles 23:3
- 2 Chronicles 23:11
- 2 Chronicles 24:1
- 2 Chronicles 24:27
- 2 Chronicles 25:1
- 2 Chronicles 26:1
- 2 Chronicles 26:3
- 2 Chronicles 26:23
- 2 Chronicles 27:1
- 2 Chronicles 27:8
- 2 Chronicles 27:9
- 2 Chronicles 28:1
- 2 Chronicles 28:27
- 2 Chronicles 29:1
- 2 Chronicles 29:3
- 2 Chronicles 32:33
- 2 Chronicles 33:1
- 2 Chronicles 33:20
- 2 Chronicles 33:21
- 2 Chronicles 33:25
- 2 Chronicles 34:1
- 2 Chronicles 34:3
- 2 Chronicles 34:8
- 2 Chronicles 36:1
- 2 Chronicles 36:2
- 2 Chronicles 36:4
- 2 Chronicles 36:5
- 2 Chronicles 36:8
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
- 2 Chronicles 36:11
- 2 Chronicles 36:20
- Nehemiah 5:7
- Esther 1:1
- Esther 1:3
- Esther 2:4
- Esther 2:17
- Job 34:30
- Psalms 47:8
- Psalms 93:1
- Psalms 96:10
- Psalms 97:1
- Psalms 99:1
- Psalms 146:10
- Proverbs 8:15
- Proverbs 30:22
- Ecclesiastes 4:14
- Isaiah 7:6
- Isaiah 24:23
- Isaiah 32:1
- Isaiah 37:38
- Isaiah 52:7
- Jeremiah 1:2
- Jeremiah 22:11
- Jeremiah 22:15
- Jeremiah 23:5
- Jeremiah 33:21
- Jeremiah 37:1
- Jeremiah 51:59
- Jeremiah 52:1
- Jeremiah 52:4
- Ezekiel 17:16
- Ezekiel 20:33
- Daniel 9:1
- Daniel 9:2
- Hosea 8:4
- Micah 4:7
Words derived from H4427
יַמְלֵךְ H3230
Yamlêk — Jamlech
מַלּוּךְ H4409
Mallûwk — Malluch
מְלוּכָה H4410
mᵉlûwkâh — kingship
מֶלֶךְ H4428
melek — king
מְלַךְ H4431
mᵉlak — counsel
מֹלֶךְ H4432
Môlek — Molech
מַלְכוּת H4438
malkûwth — royalty
מְלֶכֶת H4446
mᵉleketh — queen
מֹלֶכֶת H4447
Môleketh — Hammolecheth
מַמְלָכָה H4467
mamlâkâh — kingdom