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1 Kings 15:22

“Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מֶלֶךְmelek · meh'-lek
H4428 · Hebrew
Definition
a king
Derivation
from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
KJV renderings
king, royal.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הַ — particle (definite article)
  • מֶּ֨לֶךְ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncmsa
Usage
Occurs 2,526 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מֶלֶךְ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.