meleketh

mel-eh'-keth

Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉleketh

“a queen”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a queen

Rendered in the KJV as

queen.

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
1 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

לִמְלֶ֣כֶת4
לִמְלֶ֧כֶת1

How it is rendered · 2

to [the] queen of4
for [the] queen of1

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

How it parses · 1

preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5

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HR/Ncfsc · 5

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Jeremiah5 occurrences

Jeremiah 7:18לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlimlekhetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.here: for [the] queen of
Jeremiah 44:17לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlimlekhetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.here: to [the] queen of
Jeremiah 44:18לִמְלֶ֧כֶתlimlekhetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”here: to [the] queen of
Jeremiah 44:19לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlimlekhetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”here: to [the] queen of
Jeremiah 44:25לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlimlekhetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!here: to [the] queen of

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