Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4410
מְלוּכָה
melukahmel-oo-kaw'
kingship
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉlûwkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4410is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4410
something ruled, i.e. a realm
The King James renders it: kingsom, king's, [idiom] royal.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
melukah is rendered "kingship". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 10:16And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
1 Samuel 10:16הַמְּלוּכָה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the kingship14
- the royalty6
- a kingship1
- into kingship1
- kingship1
- royalty1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מְלוּנָה | melunah | lodge | Uses2 |
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה6
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃5
- הַמְּלוּכָ֖ה3
- הַמְּלוּכָה֙2
- מְלוּכָ֖ה2
- הַמְּלוּכָ֑ה1
- הַמְּלוּכָ֗ה1
- הַ֠מְּלוּכָה1
- הַמְּלֻכָ֔ה1
- לִמְלוּכָֽה׃1
- מְלוּכָ֣ה1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular20HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
1 Samuel
five uses
And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
- הַמְּלוּכָה֙hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
- הַמְּלֻכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֖הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
2 Samuel
two uses
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
1 Kings
seven uses
Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
- הַמְּלוּכָה֙hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֖הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- מְלוּכָ֖הmelukhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: kingship
2 Kings
one use
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֗הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
1 Chronicles
one use
and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
Psalms
one use
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
- הַמְּלוּכָ֑הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
Isaiah
two uses
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
- מְלוּכָ֣הmelukhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a kingship
You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
- מְלוּכָ֖הmelukhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: royalty
Jeremiah
one use
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
- הַ֠מְּלוּכָהhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
Ezekiel
two uses
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
- לִמְלוּכָֽה׃limlukhahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into kingship
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
- הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
Daniel
one use
Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
- הַמְּלוּכָ֖הhamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the royalty
Obadiah
one use
The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
- הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃hamelukhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the kingship
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.