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 |
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But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
Read word by word“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
Read word by wordI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
Read word by wordThen you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
Read word by word“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
Read word by wordThe length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordAnd now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
Read word by wordIn the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordand had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
Read word by wordRezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
Read word by wordBut as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
Read word by wordThus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Read word by wordAnd Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Read word by wordThen Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Read word by wordbut Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
Read word by wordWhen all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
Read word by wordAs for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Read word by wordAnd the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Read word by wordAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
Read word by wordand he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Read word by wordAnd Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
Read word by wordand he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Read word by wordAnd Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
Read word by wordIn the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAs soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
Read word by wordIn the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
Read word by wordAnd Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
Read word by wordSo in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAs soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
Read word by wordIn the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Read word by wordand the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
Read word by wordAt that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
Read word by wordBut the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
Read word by wordAnd Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
Read word by wordAnd Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
Read word by wordJehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.51
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.52
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
Read word by wordIn the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
Read word by wordSo he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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