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melex מֶ֫לֶךְ ‘king’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from mālax מָלַךְ ‘to reign / to advise’
Roots: מלך

melex n, m
1) king

Mentioned in Genesis 20:2, 26:1, 26:8, 14:21, 14:22, 39:20, 40:1, 36:31, 14:2, 14:8, 40:5, 14:17, 14:5, 14:18, 35:11, 14:9, 14:1, 41:46, 49:20, 17:6, 17:16, 14:10 Exodus 5:4, 6:13, 6:27, 1:15, 14:8, 1:17, 2:23, 3:18, 6:11, 6:29, 14:5, 1:18, 3:19, 1:8 Numbers 21:29, 24:7, 20:14, 21:33, 31:8, 23:21, 21:34, 21:21, 22:4, 22:10, 23:7, 21:26, 32:33, 20:17, 21:22, 33:40, 21:1 Deuteronomy 7:8, 28:36, 7:24, 2:30, 1:4, 3:1, 11:3, 17:15, 3:11, 3:2, 2:26, 17:14, 29:6, 3:21, 3:3, 2:24, 3:8, 4:46, 4:47, 31:4, 33:5, 3:6 Joshua 8:29, 10:1, 10:3, 12:4, 13:21, 10:33, 10:42, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:12, 12:13, 12:14, 12:15, 12:16, 12:17, 12:18, 12:19, 12:20, 12:21, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 8:2, 8:14, 2:3, 10:6, 10:24, 11:1, 8:1, 6:2, 8:23, 9:1, 10:22, 10:23, 11:2, 11:5, 10:16, 11:10, 11:12, 11:18, 12:1, 12:7, 10:40, 2:2, 10:17, 2:10, 5:1, 9:10, 10:5, 12:2, 13:10, 24:12, 10:28, 10:30, 10:37, 10:39, 13:30, 11:17, 24:9, 13:27, 12:5 Judges 11:17, 9:6, 1:7, 3:15, 4:17, 5:19, 5:3, 8:18, 8:5, 8:12, 9:15, 17:6, 18:1, 19:1, 21:25, 3:17, 3:19, 11:12, 11:13, 11:14, 11:19, 11:28, 4:23, 8:26, 11:25, 9:8, 3:8, 3:10, 4:2, 4:24, 3:12, 3:14 1 Samuel 17:25, 18:18, 19:4, 22:3, 22:11, 22:15, 22:16, 22:17, 25:36, 16:1, 17:55, 20:25, 26:14, 26:15, 15:8, 15:20, 15:32, 24:9, 26:16, 26:17, 26:19, 29:8, 14:47, 22:18, 18:22, 21:9, 29:3, 23:20, 15:23, 18:23, 20:29, 24:15, 26:20, 26:22, 21:3, 22:14, 12:14, 15:11, 18:25, 10:24, 8:22, 18:27, 27:2, 8:9, 21:11, 21:12, 21:13, 27:6, 20:5, 20:24, 12:19, 28:13, 8:5, 8:6, 8:10, 12:1, 12:17, 15:1, 15:26, 18:26, 10:19, 12:9, 12:12, 8:19, 12:25, 15:17, 8:11, 17:56, 8:20, 12:2, 2:10, 18:6, 8:18, 12:13, 22:4 2 Samuel 14:9, 15:34, 16:3, 19:29, 19:38, 21:14, 13:25, 14:29, 3:3, 16:9, 18:2, 18:5, 18:12, 13:4, 13:23, 13:24, 13:26, 13:27, 13:29, 13:30, 13:32, 13:37, 13:39, 14:1, 14:21, 14:24, 14:28, 14:32, 14:33, 15:2, 15:3, 15:6, 15:7, 16:16, 18:18, 18:29, 18:32, 19:1, 19:2, 19:5, 19:10, 19:11, 15:27, 15:35, 19:12, 19:3, 14:5, 5:11, 12:30, 14:26, 16:6, 3:17, 3:21, 3:23, 3:24, 3:31, 3:32, 3:33, 3:37, 2:7, 4:8, 9:9, 9:11, 11:9, 13:33, 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 14:19, 14:22, 15:15, 15:21, 16:4, 18:28, 18:31, 19:20, 19:21, 19:27, 19:28, 19:31, 19:36, 24:3, 24:21, 24:22, 7:18, 19:9, 20:22, 18:13, 11:8, 11:24, 19:13, 19:42, 6:20, 13:13, 19:15, 13:6, 17:17, 18:19, 18:27, 17:21, 10:1, 13:18, 20:2, 18:20, 18:26, 7:1, 21:8, 9:4, 2:4, 3:39, 5:6, 8:5, 8:10, 9:3, 10:6, 12:7, 14:16, 15:18, 16:5, 19:17, 19:18, 19:23, 19:33, 19:43, 19:44, 20:4, 20:21, 21:5, 21:6, 24:9, 9:13, 16:2, 17:16, 3:38, 5:3, 5:17, 7:2, 7:3, 9:2, 11:19, 11:20, 13:35, 14:3, 14:4, 14:8, 14:10, 15:19, 18:4, 19:6, 19:24, 19:34, 19:35, 20:3, 21:2, 24:2, 24:4, 24:23, 24:24, 13:21, 6:12, 14:11, 14:13, 15:25, 18:25, 5:2, 10:5, 15:9, 16:10, 18:21, 18:30, 19:26, 19:30, 19:39, 24:20, 6:16, 8:12, 10:19, 13:31, 15:23, 11:2, 15:16, 2:11, 3:36, 8:11, 16:14, 17:2, 19:25, 21:7, 8:3, 8:9, 11:1, 19:16, 19:19, 19:32, 19:37, 19:40, 19:41, 13:36, 8:8, 9:5, 15:17, 22:51, 5:12 1 Kings 1:21, 2:12, 2:26, 2:31, 2:44, 5:15, 7:14, 7:51, 8:1, 11:27, 12:6, 13:11, 15:19, 15:1, 15:7, 1:3, 1:15, 2:17, 2:22, 1:19, 1:25, 2:35, 1:43, 15:20, 19:16, 1:9, 5:31, 10:10, 10:27, 12:18, 15:22, 21:13, 1:2, 1:13, 1:18, 1:20, 1:24, 1:27, 1:31, 1:33, 1:36, 1:37, 1:47, 2:38, 3:26, 11:23, 12:27, 20:4, 20:9, 9:26, 11:14, 22:48, 7:46, 11:1, 22:6, 1:51, 2:19, 2:23, 10:9, 1:39, 2:29, 2:30, 8:66, 12:16, 20:39, 11:37, 20:31, 20:23, 9:28, 14:26, 15:18, 4:19, 3:16, 9:11, 20:32, 16:29, 16:33, 20:2, 20:13, 21:1, 21:18, 22:39, 22:41, 22:52, 2:20, 3:25, 4:7, 10:16, 10:17, 10:22, 16:23, 22:8, 22:9, 22:13, 12:15, 14:2, 15:33, 1:14, 22:33, 3:22, 16:31, 10:21, 20:40, 3:13, 5:7, 5:27, 8:2, 10:15, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 20:20, 20:24, 20:28, 22:10, 22:34, 22:32, 2:39, 22:27, 20:11, 2:18, 2:42, 3:1, 10:6, 11:18, 11:40, 12:12, 12:23, 12:28, 14:28, 16:18, 19:15, 20:7, 20:12, 20:22, 22:2, 22:3, 22:4, 22:5, 22:15, 22:16, 22:18, 22:26, 22:30, 22:35, 16:8, 16:14, 7:45, 1:48, 3:28, 21:10, 10:12, 11:26, 3:4, 8:63, 10:26, 3:27, 22:31, 6:2, 1:16, 1:23, 1:28, 1:29, 1:32, 1:34, 1:53, 2:36, 3:23, 3:24, 16:16, 22:12, 15:9, 15:16, 15:17, 15:23, 15:25, 15:28, 15:32, 16:10, 16:15, 20:38, 20:41, 8:5, 10:29, 20:1, 20:21, 5:14, 10:13, 10:23, 9:16, 1:45, 7:40, 8:64, 9:1, 9:10, 9:15, 10:3, 10:28, 12:2, 12:13, 14:14, 14:19, 14:29, 15:31, 16:5, 16:20, 16:27, 22:46, 1:38, 1:44, 2:46, 7:13, 8:14, 20:16, 22:37, 1:1, 1:22, 20:43, 14:27, 2:25, 4:5, 2:45, 10:18, 22:29, 5:4, 1:4, 4:1, 14:25, 8:62, 9:14, 22:45 2 Kings 3:13, 6:21, 12:19, 13:13, 13:14, 14:5, 14:16, 14:22, 14:29, 21:3, 22:20, 13:7, 15:29, 16:17, 5:1, 6:12, 6:26, 8:5, 10:6, 18:23, 19:4, 19:6, 3:9, 3:12, 3:26, 8:20, 25:21, 7:6, 3:10, 4:13, 25:27, 24:15, 14:14, 16:8, 18:15, 24:13, 7:9, 16:10, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16, 12:18, 14:8, 16:5, 23:2, 10:13, 3:1, 3:5, 8:16, 8:18, 8:25, 8:28, 8:29, 3:11, 6:10, 8:6, 8:26, 14:23, 15:20, 17:27, 25:19, 11:2, 16:1, 16:7, 16:19, 17:1, 18:1, 23:12, 1:18, 9:16, 9:21, 9:27, 13:1, 14:13, 22:12, 25:22, 6:24, 7:14, 7:15, 9:18, 9:19, 14:17, 18:5, 23:3, 23:25, 25:5, 1:11, 17:7, 19:13, 10:4, 3:4, 16:6, 1:3, 1:6, 12:8, 17:26, 20:14, 1:9, 3:23, 5:7, 5:8, 6:9, 7:2, 7:17, 7:18, 8:4, 8:7, 8:8, 10:7, 11:8, 11:11, 15:25, 18:21, 18:31, 18:33, 25:4, 25:23, 25:24, 6:28, 9:34, 1:15, 9:15, 18:29, 18:30, 19:10, 3:7, 3:14, 5:5, 5:6, 6:8, 6:11, 7:12, 8:3, 8:9, 9:3, 9:6, 9:12, 9:14, 11:4, 11:7, 11:14, 13:4, 14:9, 16:9, 17:4, 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 19:5, 19:9, 19:20, 19:32, 20:12, 22:9, 22:16, 22:18, 23:1, 23:11, 25:6, 18:9, 21:11, 23:21, 1:17, 8:13, 13:16, 15:19, 24:16, 24:12, 23:23, 21:23, 21:24, 21:25, 18:16, 19:17, 13:12, 14:1, 14:11, 14:15, 14:18, 15:1, 10:8, 11:5, 11:12, 13:18, 18:28, 18:36, 22:3, 22:10, 13:3, 24:20, 18:13, 12:11, 25:30, 13:22, 13:24, 15:37, 11:19, 11:20, 15:5, 17:5, 19:11, 24:7, 16:3, 25:9, 6:30, 16:18, 17:3, 17:6, 17:24, 18:7, 18:11, 19:8, 19:36, 20:6, 23:29, 8:23, 10:34, 11:10, 12:20, 13:8, 14:28, 15:6, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 17:2, 17:8, 20:18, 20:20, 21:17, 23:5, 23:13, 23:19, 23:22, 23:28, 24:5, 25:11, 25:28, 23:4, 3:6, 11:17, 12:7, 16:12, 19:1, 22:11, 24:17, 25:20, 24:1, 24:10, 24:11, 25:1, 25:8, 11:16, 25:2, 7:11, 13:10, 15:8, 15:13, 15:17, 15:23, 15:27, 15:32, 3:21, 15:11, 18:10 Isaiah 7:17, 8:4, 60:16, 19:4, 36:8, 37:4, 37:6, 7:16, 24:21, 6:1, 7:20, 8:7, 10:12, 6:5, 19:11, 60:3, 23:15, 1:1, 7:1, 14:28, 44:6, 20:6, 37:13, 14:4, 39:3, 14:18, 36:6, 36:16, 36:18, 36:14, 36:15, 37:10, 7:6, 36:2, 36:4, 37:5, 37:9, 37:21, 37:33, 39:1, 60:11, 8:21, 49:7, 49:23, 37:18, 10:8, 36:13, 36:21, 41:21, 45:1, 43:15, 36:1, 14:9, 33:17, 37:11, 30:33, 20:1, 20:4, 37:8, 37:37, 38:6, 39:7, 52:15, 62:2, 37:1, 60:10, 41:2, 33:22, 32:1, 38:9, 57:9 Jeremiah 19:4, 22:11, 34:5, 44:9, 44:17, 44:21, 4:9, 49:38, 43:10, 22:18, 37:20, 38:9, 36:29, 27:3, 40:11, 25:26, 27:11, 52:27, 20:4, 40:5, 52:31, 21:2, 20:5, 38:11, 26:21, 26:23, 32:2, 19:3, 36:20, 36:21, 29:16, 36:22, 29:21, 29:22, 52:20, 52:25, 38:22, 40:7, 40:9, 40:14, 41:1, 41:2, 41:10, 41:18, 43:6, 21:7, 24:1, 29:2, 34:8, 36:27, 39:5, 46:26, 52:8, 19:13, 36:28, 36:32, 50:17, 25:22, 34:21, 44:30, 37:19, 8:19, 10:7, 38:4, 38:5, 49:1, 17:25, 26:22, 32:32, 36:16, 38:7, 38:10, 38:16, 41:9, 52:7, 34:4, 24:8, 51:34, 27:9, 27:14, 27:17, 38:14, 38:25, 42:11, 1:2, 3:6, 13:13, 17:19, 17:20, 21:1, 21:4, 25:3, 25:9, 26:18, 26:19, 27:1, 27:12, 27:13, 28:1, 28:3, 28:4, 29:3, 32:1, 32:36, 33:4, 34:1, 34:2, 34:6, 34:7, 35:1, 35:11, 36:1, 36:25, 37:3, 37:7, 37:18, 38:8, 38:17, 38:18, 38:19, 38:23, 38:26, 38:27, 39:1, 45:1, 46:13, 46:25, 49:28, 49:34, 50:18, 52:9, 52:15, 52:26, 22:2, 25:11, 26:10, 27:6, 28:14, 36:24, 10:10, 27:21, 28:2, 30:9, 36:12, 22:4, 22:6, 22:24, 27:18, 13:18, 22:1, 26:1, 28:11, 32:3, 32:28, 36:30, 37:17, 38:3, 39:11, 39:4, 1:18, 46:18, 52:11, 52:3, 37:21, 52:34, 15:4, 23:5, 25:12, 25:20, 27:7, 37:1, 50:41, 51:28, 21:10, 39:8, 52:13, 22:25, 25:1, 27:8, 27:20, 46:2, 51:59, 52:32, 8:1, 25:18, 25:19, 25:24, 25:25, 32:4, 34:3, 36:26, 39:6, 50:43, 51:11, 52:10, 39:3, 39:13, 49:30, 51:31, 52:4, 52:12, 36:9, 52:5, 2:26, 48:15, 21:11, 1:3, 49:3, 51:57, 25:14, 46:17 Ezekiel 7:27, 21:24, 24:2, 28:12, 29:2, 29:18, 30:21, 31:2, 32:2, 43:7, 32:29, 17:16, 26:7, 29:3, 29:19, 30:10, 30:22, 32:11, 37:22, 37:24, 27:35, 32:10, 17:12, 19:9, 21:26, 30:25, 27:33, 28:17, 30:24, 43:9, 1:2 Hosea 13:10, 5:1, 1:1, 3:5, 3:4, 7:7, 10:3, 5:13, 11:5, 13:11, 10:6, 7:5, 10:15, 8:10, 10:7, 7:3 Amos 2:1, 7:1, 7:10, 1:15, 1:1, 7:13 Jonah 3:7, 3:6 Micah 4:9, 1:1, 1:14, 6:5, 2:13 Nahum 3:18 Habakkuk 1:10 Zephaniah 3:15, 1:1, 1:8 Haggai 1:1, 1:15 Zechariah 9:5, 11:6, 14:9, 7:1, 14:5, 14:17, 14:10, 14:16, 9:9 Malachi 1:14 Psalms 10:16, 45:12, 136:18, 105:14, 110:5, 99:4, 45:10, 45:15, 72:10, 45:6, 33:16, 68:25, 95:3, 5:3, 44:5, 47:7, 47:8, 63:12, 72:1, 74:12, 84:4, 145:1, 45:2, 138:4, 135:11, 136:19, 2:6, 89:28, 149:8, 2:2, 2:10, 47:3, 48:3, 76:13, 102:16, 105:30, 148:11, 144:10, 24:7, 24:9, 45:16, 119:46, 21:8, 68:13, 149:2, 136:20, 45:14, 24:8, 136:17, 72:11, 135:10, 21:2, 18:51, 61:7, 24:10, 68:30, 48:5, 98:6, 20:10, 29:10, 89:19, 68:15, 105:20 Proverbs 16:13, 22:11, 30:31, 31:4, 20:26, 16:15, 20:2, 25:3, 30:27, 16:14, 22:29, 25:1, 29:4, 24:21, 25:6, 31:3, 25:2, 31:1, 20:28, 29:14, 14:28, 21:1, 14:35, 1:1, 20:8, 25:5, 30:28, 19:12, 8:15, 16:12, 16:10 Job 29:25, 18:14, 12:18, 34:18, 3:14, 41:26, 36:7, 15:24 Song of Songs 1:4, 3:11, 7:6, 3:9, 1:12 Lamentations 2:9, 4:12, 2:6 Ecclesiastes 2:8, 2:12, 10:16, 10:17, 10:20, 9:14, 8:2, 8:4, 1:12, 5:8, 4:13, 1:1 Esther 1:10, 3:9, 3:13, 4:7, 4:16, 7:4, 8:5, 8:11, 9:12, 2:15, 6:12, 4:3, 3:1, 3:10, 8:3, 1:14, 3:7, 8:12, 9:1, 2:17, 5:14, 10:3, 3:8, 4:11, 7:9, 2:1, 3:12, 8:9, 9:3, 1:2, 1:9, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, 1:19, 2:12, 2:16, 2:21, 6:2, 7:5, 8:1, 8:7, 8:10, 9:2, 9:20, 10:1, 8:14, 7:6, 9:16, 1:8, 4:2, 5:13, 8:8, 1:22, 6:6, 6:7, 6:9, 6:11, 9:4, 4:13, 6:10, 2:3, 2:8, 2:13, 2:14, 4:6, 4:8, 5:4, 5:5, 5:8, 5:12, 6:5, 6:14, 7:7, 7:8, 1:5, 7:3, 9:13, 1:13, 1:18, 2:2, 2:22, 3:3, 3:11, 5:3, 5:6, 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 7:2, 9:14, 9:25, 2:18, 4:5, 5:1, 5:2, 7:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:15, 8:17, 1:20, 2:9, 1:12, 2:4, 2:6, 3:2, 5:11, 6:8, 7:10, 10:2, 1:11, 5:9, 9:11, 3:15, 2:23, 2:19, 1:21, 1:7 Daniel 9:6, 9:8, 1:10, 11:9, 1:2, 1:21, 10:13, 11:27, 8:1, 8:23, 8:20, 1:4, 8:27, 11:15, 1:13, 1:15, 11:36, 11:6, 11:7, 11:8, 1:3, 1:18, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 10:1, 11:2, 11:40, 1:20, 1:8, 8:21, 1:19, 1:1, 11:13, 11:14, 11:3, 11:25, 1:5, 11:11, 11:5 Ezra 4:2, 4:3, 7:27, 8:1, 9:7, 1:1, 7:1, 8:36, 8:22, 2:1, 3:7, 7:7, 1:2, 1:7, 6:22, 7:6, 7:28, 8:25, 9:9, 3:10, 4:7, 7:11, 7:8, 1:8, 4:5 Nehemiah 2:3, 2:5, 9:32, 9:34, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 1:11, 13:26, 3:25, 5:14, 2:2, 2:14, 7:6, 2:4, 13:6, 6:6, 6:7, 2:18, 11:23, 2:6, 2:19, 5:4, 9:37, 9:22, 9:24, 2:1, 3:15, 11:24 1 Chronicles 24:6, 24:31, 25:6, 26:26, 26:32, 27:1, 28:4, 29:6, 29:20, 29:23, 3:2, 27:34, 20:2, 21:3, 21:23, 29:1, 1:43, 18:11, 4:41, 27:25, 26:30, 28:2, 27:33, 19:1, 29:29, 16:21, 18:5, 18:10, 27:32, 11:3, 14:1, 28:1, 25:5, 27:31, 5:26, 11:2, 17:16, 19:7, 19:5, 21:24, 25:2, 15:29, 20:1, 5:6, 19:9, 29:25, 14:8, 18:3, 18:9, 21:6, 9:1, 21:4, 9:18, 18:17, 27:24, 29:24, 29:9, 14:2, 4:23, 5:17 2 Chronicles 2:2, 4:16, 10:6, 16:3, 21:12, 21:13, 24:22, 25:3, 26:2, 26:23, 28:27, 34:28, 35:4, 13:1, 16:4, 1:15, 9:9, 9:27, 10:18, 16:6, 24:21, 34:11, 30:6, 23:20, 21:8, 4:17, 19:2, 2:10, 9:8, 10:16, 24:6, 26:18, 8:18, 8:15, 12:9, 16:2, 25:24, 36:18, 24:17, 34:30, 21:2, 29:15, 31:13, 35:15, 36:4, 36:10, 18:3, 18:19, 21:6, 22:5, 22:6, 9:15, 9:16, 9:21, 12:13, 18:7, 18:8, 18:12, 24:8, 30:12, 36:22, 22:11, 28:16, 28:19, 28:21, 28:22, 29:19, 20:35, 22:1, 10:15, 34:20, 1:12, 18:32, 25:25, 32:1, 32:9, 32:23, 34:31, 35:20, 16:11, 20:34, 25:26, 28:26, 35:27, 26:13, 9:20, 25:7, 35:3, 5:3, 9:14, 18:5, 18:9, 18:33, 23:7, 23:10, 18:26, 20:15, 32:7, 35:21, 8:11, 9:5, 9:12, 10:12, 11:3, 12:11, 16:7, 18:4, 18:14, 18:15, 18:17, 18:25, 18:28, 18:29, 19:1, 23:12, 23:15, 24:11, 24:12, 24:23, 25:16, 25:17, 25:18, 29:18, 33:18, 34:16, 34:22, 34:26, 36:13, 9:11, 34:24, 8:10, 17:19, 35:7, 2:11, 4:11, 7:5, 9:23, 18:31, 23:3, 23:9, 24:16, 24:27, 28:5, 28:23, 32:8, 32:11, 32:21, 36:23, 1:14, 9:25, 27:5, 30:24, 28:7, 15:16, 18:30, 21:17, 25:23, 33:25, 32:20, 32:32, 25:21, 12:6, 18:11, 23:11, 23:13, 29:24, 29:27, 29:30, 32:4, 32:10, 34:18, 35:23, 19:11, 16:1, 29:20, 34:29, 33:11, 36:6, 5:6, 1:17, 18:34, 9:22, 9:26, 26:21, 36:3, 28:20, 32:22, 1:16, 7:6, 10:2, 35:18, 36:8, 6:3, 7:11, 10:13, 24:14, 24:25, 29:23, 29:25, 34:19, 36:17, 29:29, 23:16, 12:10, 23:5, 21:20, 30:26, 28:2, 31:3, 26:11, 9:17, 27:7, 30:4, 35:16, 12:2, 7:4, 30:2, 35:10

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