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Word Study · Strong's H4427 · Hebrew

מָלַךְ

malak

maw-lak'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mâlak

to reign

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel

Rendered in the KJV as

consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.

  • 348
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 22 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 116
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 348 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 116

  • מָלַ֖ךְ46
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ41
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ13
  • בְמָלְכ֔וֹ12
  • בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ11
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ11
  • מָלַ֥ךְ10
  • מָ֠לַךְ10
  • מָלַ֣ךְ9
  • וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ8
  • יִמְלֹ֣ךְ7
  • מָלַ֛ךְ7

and 104 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 64

  • he reigned63
  • and he became king48
  • when became king he40
  • and he reigned35
  • he became king30
  • and they made king16
  • he will reign14
  • of reigning his12
  • he reigns7
  • and he made king5
  • to make king5
  • from reigning4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 47

  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular108
  • Hc/Vqw3ms83
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular52
  • Hc/Vhw3mp16
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular15
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)6
  • Hc/Vhw3ms5
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)4
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqp3ms · 108
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 83
  • HR/Vqcc/Sp3ms · 52
  • Hc/Vhw3mp · 16
  • HVqi3ms · 15
  • HR/Vqcc · 7
  • HR/Vhcc · 6
  • Hc/Vhw3ms · 5
  • HVqcc · 4
  • HR/Vhcc/Sp3ms · 3
  • HVhp3ms · 3
  • HVqi2ms · 3

All 348, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis12 occurrences
Exodus1 occurrence
Joshua3 occurrences
Judges8 occurrences
1 Samuel17 occurrences
2 Samuel12 occurrences
1 Kings62 occurrences
2 Kings90 occurrences
1 Chronicles27 occurrences
2 Chronicles79 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Esther4 occurrences
Job1 occurrence
Psalms6 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah5 occurrences
Jeremiah11 occurrences
Ezekiel2 occurrences
Daniel2 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).