Strong's Concordance H4428

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

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 17:25 - And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king H4428 will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

1 Samuel 17:55 - And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, H4428 I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 17:56 - And the king H4428 said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

1 Samuel 18:6 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king H4428 Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

1 Samuel 18:18 - And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? H4428

1 Samuel 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king H4428 hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's H4428 son in law.

1 Samuel 18:23 - And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's H4428 son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

1 Samuel 18:25 - And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king H4428 desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's H4428 enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:26 - And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's H4428 son in law: and the days were not expired.

1 Samuel 18:27 - Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, H4428 that he might be the king's H4428 son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

1 Samuel 19:4 - And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king H4428 sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

1 Samuel 20:5 - And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king H4428 at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

1 Samuel 20:24 - So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king H4428 sat him down to eat meat.

1 Samuel 20:25 - And the king H4428 sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

1 Samuel 20:29 - And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's H4428 table.

1 Samuel 21:2 - And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king H4428 hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

1 Samuel 21:8 - And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's H4428 business required haste.

1 Samuel 21:10 - And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king H4428 of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:11 - And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king H4428 of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 21:12 - And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king H4428 of Gath.

1 Samuel 22:3 - And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king H4428 of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

1 Samuel 22:4 - And he brought them before the king H4428 of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

1 Samuel 22:11 - Then the king H4428 sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. H4428

1 Samuel 22:14 - Then Ahimelech answered the king, H4428 and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's H4428 son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

1 Samuel 22:15 - Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king H4428 impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

1 Samuel 22:16 - And the king H4428 said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

1 Samuel 22:17 - And the king H4428 said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king H4428 would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

1 Samuel 22:18 - And the king H4428 said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:20 - Now therefore, O king, H4428 come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's H4428 hand.

1 Samuel 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. H4428 And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

1 Samuel 24:14 - After whom is the king H4428 of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

1 Samuel 25:36 - And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; H4428 and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

1 Samuel 26:14 - And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? H4428

1 Samuel 26:15 - And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? H4428 for there came one of the people in to destroy the king H4428 thy lord.

1 Samuel 26:16 - This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's H4428 spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

1 Samuel 26:17 - And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. H4428

1 Samuel 26:19 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king H4428 hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

1 Samuel 26:20 - Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king H4428 of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

1 Samuel 26:22 - And David answered and said, Behold the king's H4428 spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

1 Samuel 27:2 - And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king H4428 of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:6 - Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings H4428 of Judah unto this day.

1 Samuel 28:13 - And the king H4428 said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Samuel 29:3 - Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king H4428 of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

1 Samuel 29:8 - And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? H4428

2 Samuel 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king H4428 over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:7 - Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king H4428 over them.

2 Samuel 2:11 - And the time that David was king H4428 in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 3:3 - And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king H4428 of Geshur;

2 Samuel 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king H4428 over you:

2 Samuel 3:21 - And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, H4428 that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.