מָלַךְ (ma.lakh) means “to reign” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-lak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָלַךְ · ma.lakh · to reign
1) to be or become king or queen, reign 1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign 1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign 1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
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מָלַךְ · ma.lakh · to advise
1) to counsel, advise 1a) (Niphal) to consider Aramaic equivalent: me.lakh (מְלֵךְ "counsel" H4431)
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a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV glosses: consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| reigned | 69 |
| and he reigned | 50 |
| when he became king | 39 |
| became king | 29 |
| king | 19 |
| will reign | 9 |
| of his reign | 8 |
| reigns | 8 |
| reign | 7 |
| and made him king | 6 |
| and reigned | 6 |
| as king | 6 |
| he reigned | 4 |
| and reign | 3 |
| of zedekiahs reign | 3 |
| and appointed | 2 |
| and proclaimed him king | 2 |
| and was succeeded by | 2 |
| has become king | 2 |
| ruled | 2 |
| still reigned | 2 |
| to make him king | 2 |
| will be king | 2 |
| and david reigned | 1 |
| and gained control | 1 |
| and he will reign | 1 |
| and i have set | 1 |
| and made her queen | 1 |
| and that you may rule | 1 |
| and you have made me king | 1 |
| and you shall reign | 1 |
| and zimri reigned | 1 |
| appoint | 1 |
| as their king | 1 |
| baasha became king | 1 |
| become king | 1 |
| become queen | 1 |
| becomes king | 1 |
| bolstered | 1 |
| came to power | 1 |
| do you intend to reign | 1 |
| does it make you a king | 1 |
| had become king | 1 |
| had reigned | 1 |
| have made me king | 1 |
| he must reign | 1 |
| i have made you king | 1 |
| i will rule | 1 |
| intending to make him king | 1 |
| is king | 1 |
| of solomons reign | 1 |
| of the reign | 1 |
| reigns forever | 1 |
| rules | 1 |
| set up kings | 1 |
| should not reign | 1 |
| should not rule | 1 |
| so rezon ruled | 1 |
| so that he could not reign | 1 |
| succeeded him | 1 |
| succeeded his father | 1 |
| that i should reign | 1 |
| the king | 1 |
| the reign | 1 |
| thought | 1 |
| to make | 1 |
| to make me king | 1 |
| to reign | 1 |
| to rule | 1 |
| to the kingship | 1 |
| was king | 1 |
| was made ruler | 1 |
| was to succeed him | 1 |
| when he began to reign | 1 |
| who enthroned him | 1 |
| who reigned over | 1 |
| who succeeded | 1 |
| will rule | 1 |
| you have reigned | 1 |
| you will be king | 1 |
| zimri began to reign | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| reigned | 88 |
| when he began to reign | 32 |
| and he reigned | 31 |
| king | 22 |
| and reigned | 14 |
| began to reign | 14 |
| to reign | 13 |
| of his reign | 12 |
| reign | 12 |
| shall reign | 12 |
| reigneth | 9 |
| and made him king | 6 |
| he reigned | 5 |
| him and reigned | 5 |
| to make him king | 5 |
| was he when he began to reign | 5 |
| which reigned | 5 |
| and made | 3 |
| that reigned | 3 |
| made | 2 |
| that shall reign | 2 |
| and hast made me to reign | 1 |
| and how he reigned | 1 |
| and it came to pass when he began to reign | 1 |
| and it came to pass when he reigned | 1 |
| and made her queen | 1 |
| and make | 1 |
| and there he reigned | 1 |
| and they made him king | 1 |
| and when he had reigned | 1 |
| be king | 1 |
| be queen | 1 |
| begin to reign | 1 |
| did reign | 1 |
| doth reign | 1 |
| for he shall be king | 1 |
| for thou hast made me king | 1 |
| he began to reign | 1 |
| him and made him king | 1 |
| him from reigning | 1 |
| i will be king | 1 |
| in whose stead thou hast reigned | 1 |
| is king | 1 |
| made king | 1 |
| me that i have set up | 1 |
| me that i should not reign | 1 |
| on me that i should reign | 1 |
| over whom i have made thee king | 1 |
| shalt thou reign | 1 |
| that he began to reign | 1 |
| that he might not reign | 1 |
| that he reigned | 1 |
| that made him king | 1 |
| that reigneth | 1 |
| that should have reigned | 1 |
| that thou shalt surely | 1 |
| thee and thou shalt be king | 1 |
| thee and thou shalt reign | 1 |
| then i consulted | 1 |
| there reigned | 1 |
| therein and reigned | 1 |
| therein for us and set | 1 |
| they have set up kings | 1 |
| to him shalt thou indeed | 1 |
| until the reign | 1 |
| unto me and have made | 1 |
| unto the reign | 1 |
| when he reigneth | 1 |
| which was made king | 1 |
| will i rule | 1 |
| with thee and that thou mayest reign | 1 |
Page 1 of 6. 284 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
Read word by wordBela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Read word by wordWhen Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
Read word by wordWhen Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
Read word by word“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
Read word by wordThe LORD will reign forever and ever!”
Read word by wordand all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
Read word by wordthe whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
Read word by wordall the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
Read word by wordSo the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Read word by wordThen all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
Read word by wordOne day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
Read word by wordThen the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read word by wordThen the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read word by wordFinally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read word by wordNow if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
Read word by wordbut you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
Read word by wordNow listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
Read word by wordHe said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
Read word by word“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
Read word by wordThen the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
Read word by wordSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
Read word by wordBut when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
Read word by wordIf you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
Read word by wordSaul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
Read word by word“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
Read word by wordAnd to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
Read word by wordNow the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
Read word by wordsaying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
Read word by wordNow I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.21
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
Read word by wordSaul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
Read word by wordThen Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
Read word by wordDavid was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
Read word by wordIn Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
Read word by wordThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Read word by wordSome time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
Read word by wordThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
Read word by wordThe 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!”
Read word by wordAt that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Read word by wordThen Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
Read word by wordGo at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
Read word by word“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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