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Daniel 2:40

“And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַלְכוּmalkûw · mal-koo'
H4437 · Aramaic

Definition: dominion (abstractly or concretely)
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438 (מַלְכוּת);
KJV renderings: kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
מַלְכוּ֙ — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code AC/Ncfsa
Usage: Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:24 Ezra 6:15 Ezra 7:13 Ezra 7:23 Daniel 2:37

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 מַלְכוּ here.

Verse 39 Verse 41

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.