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HebrewH4438Noun (Feminine)

מַלְכוּת

mal.khut

78Occurrences
H4438Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a rule; concretely, a dominion

or מַלְכֻת; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה; from H4427 (מָלַךְ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power 1a) royal power, dominion 1b) reign 1c) kingdom, realm Aramaic equivalent: mal.khu (*מַלְכוּ *"kingdom" H4437)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מַלְכוּת appears 78 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Esther
21
2 Chronicles
15
Daniel
14
1 Chronicles
10
Ezra
5
Psalms
4
Jeremiah
3
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:10BSB

Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

2 Chronicles 15:10BSB

So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

Daniel 11:2BSB

Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

Esther 1:9BSB

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

Esther 7:2BSB

and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.