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 5 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.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
Read word by wordThus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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 in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
Read word by wordand he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Read word by wordThen Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.23
So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.
Read word by wordAsa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
Read word by wordIn the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
Read word by wordSo Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He 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 David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
Read word by wordJehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
Read word by wordIn the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
Read word by wordJehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Read word by wordThen the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
Read word by wordAhaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
Read word by wordAnd Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
Read word by wordthe whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.
Read word by wordThen Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
Read word by wordJoash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
Read word by wordThe accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAmaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAll the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Read word by wordUzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
Read word by wordJotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
Read word by wordHe was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
Read word by wordAnd Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAhaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Read word by wordHezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Read word by wordIn the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. 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.
Read word by wordAnd Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. 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.
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 wordJosiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
Read word by wordIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
Read word by wordNow in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
Read word by wordThen the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem 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.
Read word by wordThen Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
Read word by wordJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Read word by wordAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 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 and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordIn the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Read word by wordZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
Read word by wordThose who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
Read word by wordand after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
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