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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One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAnd Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
Read word by wordManasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Read word by wordAnd Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAmon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
Read word by wordBut the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
Read word by wordAnd he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordJosiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
Read word by wordFrom Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
Read word by wordJehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
Read word by wordAnd Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
Read word by wordJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
Read word by wordJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
Read word by wordJehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
Read word by wordThen the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Read word by wordZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
Read word by wordSo in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Read word by wordOn the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
Read word by wordThese are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named 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 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 wordThese six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,
Read word by wordBeth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
Read word by wordNow these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
Read word by wordFrom the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.32
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.39
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
Read word by wordThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Read word by wordSome time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
Read word by wordWhen David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
Read word by wordYet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Read word by wordThat day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
Read word by wordDavid son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
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 wordHe died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
Read word by wordSolomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
Read word by wordNow, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Read word by wordGod said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
Read word by wordSo Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.
Read word by wordSolomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 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.
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