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Ezra 4:6
“And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַלְכוּתmalkûwth · mal-kooth'
H4438 · Hebrew
H4438 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a rule; concretely, a dominion
- Derivation
- or מַלְכֻת; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה; from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- מַלְכוּת֙ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 91 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 24:71 Samuel 20:311 Kings 2:121 Chronicles 11:101 Chronicles 12:24
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 מַלְכוּת here.
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.