Strong's Concordance H4428

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

Usages throughout the bible

2 Samuel 15:18 - And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. H4428

2 Samuel 15:19 - Then said the king H4428 to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: H4428 for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

2 Samuel 15:21 - And Ittai answered the king, H4428 and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king H4428 liveth, surely in what place my lord the king H4428 shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Samuel 15:23 - And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king H4428 also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

2 Samuel 15:25 - And the king H4428 said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

2 Samuel 15:27 - The king H4428 said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

2 Samuel 15:34 - But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; H4428 as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

2 Samuel 15:35 - And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's H4428 house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

2 Samuel 16:2 - And the king H4428 said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's H4428 household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

2 Samuel 16:3 - And the king H4428 said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, H4428 Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

2 Samuel 16:4 - Then said the king H4428 to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. H4428

2 Samuel 16:5 - And when king H4428 David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

2 Samuel 16:6 - And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king H4428 David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

2 Samuel 16:9 - Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, H4428 Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? H4428 let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Samuel 16:10 - And the king H4428 said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

2 Samuel 16:14 - And the king, H4428 and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

2 Samuel 16:16 - And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, H4428 God save the king. H4428

2 Samuel 17:2 - And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king H4428 only:

2 Samuel 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king H4428 be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

2 Samuel 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king H4428 David.

2 Samuel 17:21 - And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king H4428 David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

2 Samuel 18:2 - And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king H4428 said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

2 Samuel 18:4 - And the king H4428 said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king H4428 stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

2 Samuel 18:5 - And the king H4428 commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king H4428 gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:12 - And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's H4428 son: for in our hearing the king H4428 charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:13 - Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, H4428 and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

2 Samuel 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's H4428 dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Samuel 18:19 - Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king H4428 tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

2 Samuel 18:20 - And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's H4428 son is dead.

2 Samuel 18:21 - Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king H4428 what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

2 Samuel 18:25 - And the watchman cried, and told the king. H4428 And the king H4428 said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

2 Samuel 18:26 - And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king H4428 said, He also bringeth tidings.

2 Samuel 18:27 - And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king H4428 said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

2 Samuel 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, H4428 All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, H4428 and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. H4428

2 Samuel 18:29 - And the king H4428 said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's H4428 servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

2 Samuel 18:30 - And the king H4428 said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

2 Samuel 18:31 - And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: H4428 for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

2 Samuel 18:32 - And the king H4428 said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, H4428 and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

2 Samuel 18:33 - And the king H4428 was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19:1 - And it was told Joab, Behold, the king H4428 weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:2 - And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king H4428 was grieved for his son.

2 Samuel 19:4 - But the king H4428 covered his face, and the king H4428 cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19:5 - And Joab came into the house to the king, H4428 and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

2 Samuel 19:8 - Then the king H4428 arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king H4428 doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: H4428 for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

2 Samuel 19:9 - And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king H4428 saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:10 - And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king H4428 back?

2 Samuel 19:11 - And king H4428 David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king H4428 back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, H4428 even to his house.

2 Samuel 19:12 - Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? H4428

2 Samuel 19:14 - And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, H4428 Return thou, and all thy servants.

2 Samuel 19:15 - So the king H4428 returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, H4428 to conduct the king H4428 over Jordan.