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Joshua 12:21
“The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מֶלֶךְmelek · meh'-lek
H4428 · Hebrew
H4428 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a king
- Derivation
- from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- king, royal.
- Grammar
- מֶ֤לֶךְ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- 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.
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.