Strong's Concordance H4428

Original Word: מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration: melek
Phonetic Spelling: meh'-lek
from H4427; a king; king, royal.

Usages throughout the bible

Judges 5:19 - The kings H4428 came and fought, then fought the kings H4428 of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Judges 8:5 - And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings H4428 of Midian.

Judges 8:12 - And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings H4428 of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

Judges 8:18 - Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. H4428

Judges 8:26 - And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings H4428 of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

Judges 9:6 - And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, H4428 by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

Judges 9:8 - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king H4428 over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Judges 9:15 - And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king H4428 over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Judges 11:12 - And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king H4428 of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

Judges 11:13 - And the king H4428 of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

Judges 11:14 - And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king H4428 of the children of Ammon:

Judges 11:17 - Then Israel sent messengers unto the king H4428 of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king H4428 of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king H4428 of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

Judges 11:19 - And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, the king H4428 of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

Judges 11:25 - And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king H4428 of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

Judges 11:28 - Howbeit the king H4428 of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

Judges 17:6 - In those days there was no king H4428 in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges 18:1 - In those days there was no king H4428 in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 19:1 - And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king H4428 in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

Judges 21:25 - In those days there was no king H4428 in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

1 Samuel 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, H4428 and exalt the horn of his anointed.

1 Samuel 8:5 - And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king H4428 to judge us like all the nations.

1 Samuel 8:6 - But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king H4428 to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:9 - Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king H4428 that shall reign over them.

1 Samuel 8:10 - And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. H4428

1 Samuel 8:11 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king H4428 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.

1 Samuel 8:18 - And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king H4428 which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

1 Samuel 8:19 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king H4428 over us;

1 Samuel 8:20 - That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king H4428 may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

1 Samuel 8:22 - And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. H4428 And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

1 Samuel 10:19 - And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king H4428 over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1 Samuel 10:24 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. H4428

1 Samuel 12:1 - And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king H4428 over you.

1 Samuel 12:2 - And now, behold, the king H4428 walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

1 Samuel 12:9 - And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king H4428 of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 12:12 - And when ye saw that Nahash the king H4428 of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king H4428 shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. H4428

1 Samuel 12:13 - Now therefore behold the king H4428 whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king H4428 over you.

1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king H4428 that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:

1 Samuel 12:17 - Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. H4428

1 Samuel 12:19 - And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. H4428

1 Samuel 12:25 - But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. H4428

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 H4428 of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Samuel 15:1 - Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king H4428 over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:8 - And he took Agag the king H4428 of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 15:11 - It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: H4428 for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

1 Samuel 15:17 - And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king H4428 over Israel?

1 Samuel 15:20 - And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king H4428 of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. H4428

1 Samuel 15:26 - And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king H4428 over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:32 - Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king H4428 of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Samuel 16:1 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king H4428 among his sons.