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me.lekh H4428

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) means “king” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מֶ֫לֶךְ Hebrew · H4428 2,525 tagged occurrences in 1,921 verses

Pronunciation guide: meh'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4428G

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · king

1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

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TBESH · H4428H

הַמֶּלֶךְ · me.lekh · `the king`

'the king' or a name, Hammelech in KJV of Jer.36.26; 38.6- a man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26; father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king"; § A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26; father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

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TBESH · H4428I

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)

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TBESH · H4428J

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

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TBESH · H4428K

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · Milcom

Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

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TBESH · H4428L

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H4427 (מָלַךְ); a king

KJV glosses: king, royal.

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How translators render H4428

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the king 585
king 547
of the king 136
the kings 131
of the kings 78
kings 69
and the king 46
then the king 46
so the king 44
of king 39
to the king 37
reign 27
the royal 26
a king 25
then king 23
but the king 14
him 14
of the reign 14
as king 13
so king 13
when the king 12
o king 11
of the royal 11
and king 10
at the kings 10
he 10
now the king 10
against the king 8
and the kings 8
for the king 8
in the kings 8
its king 8
their king 8
and its king 7
for king 7
of kings 7
their kings 7
may the king 6
who 6
by the kings 5
from the kings 5
of a king 5
to king 5
when king 5
and 4
and he 4
and kings 4
are the kings 4
but king 4
from the king 4
my king 4
o kings 4
our kings 4
that the king 4
to the kings 4
was king 4
with the royal 4
you king 4
your king 4
any king 3
before the king 3
for kings 3
his 3
is king 3
is the king 3
king of 3
now king 3
royal 3
the king himself 3
to the royal 3
was the kings 3
according to the kings 2
additionally the king 2
and for the kings 2
and the royal 2
and their kings 2
and to the kings 2
as the king 2
back to the king 2
but he 2
for their kings 2
from king 2
he brings to his king 2
hezekiah 2
his king 2
in the royal 2
it to the king 2
king amaziah 2
may the kings 2
nevertheless the kings 2
of his reign 2
of the other kings 2
of their king 2
that king 2
the king had 2
the kings service 2
then kings 2
thus king 2
to kings 2
whose king 2
a kings 1
according to the royal 1
against king 1
against the kings 1
and a king 1
and as the king 1
and as the kings 1
and be ruled 1
and bring the king 1
and closed the royal 1
and escort him 1
and let the king 1
and may the king 1
and of the king 1
and one of the kings 1
and our king 1
and our kings 1
and some of the kings 1
and tell the king 1
and then the king 1
and they brought the king 1
and to the king 1
and upon our kings 1
and when the king 1
and your king 1
are a kings 1
are for the kings 1
are my king 1
as a king 1
as soon as the king 1
as their king 1
as your king 1
at king 1
at the royal 1
at this david 1
became king 1
become his 1
before king 1
both king 1
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by king 1
by milcom 1
by the king 1
can a king 1
can the kings 1
escorted the king 1
even in their royal 1
far as the kings 1
finally the king 1
fit for a king 1
for him 1
for his 1
from his 1
from the royal 1
given to the kings 1
goes to the kings 1
has milcom 1
has the king 1
he was previously stationed at the kings 1
he will bring the king 1
he will hand their kings 1
help the king 1
her king 1
her kings 1
his royal 1
in any kingdom 1
in charge of king 1
in charge of the kings 1
in the king 1
in their king 1
instead the king 1
into the kings 1
is a kings 1
is my king 1
is our king 1
is the kings 1
its kings 1
just as the king 1
king joash 1
kings before him 1
kings life 1
kingship 1
later king 1
let king 1
like a king 1
like the kings 1
listen king 1
milcom 1
near the kings 1
nevertheless the king 1
nor the kings 1
nor their kings 1
o royal 1
of his 1
of king jehoram 1
of our king 1
of royalty 1
of the kingdom 1
on his 1
on the palace grounds 1
one of the kings 1
one of the royal 1
only to king 1
our king 1
placed by kings 1
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ruled 1
see the king 1
served as king 1
shall be at the royal 1
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since he 1
since the king 1
so he 1
so the kings 1
that 1
the king down 1
the king had designated 1
the king is 1
the kingdoms 1
the kings expense 1
the kings who were 1
the new king 1
then neco king 1
then the kings 1
then the royal 1
then we can install 1
there is a king 1
therefore the king 1
to ask the king 1
to be king 1
to become 1
to become the kings 1
to him 1
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to molech 1
to our king 1
to the king of libnah 1
to the palace grounds 1
to their king 1
trusted royal 1
visit the king 1
vvv 1
was the king 1
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we must have a king 1
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while his 1
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who ruled 1
will be king 1
will have the king 1
will the king 1
with a king 1
with her king 1
with the kings 1
with their kings 1
worthy of the kings 1
would the king 1
yet king 1
your kings 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
king 456
the king 437
and the king 208
of the kings 115
of the king 108
the kings 78
unto the king 77
to the king 66
kings 50
and king 33
of king 32
then the king 31
that the king 23
and the kings 21
o king 20
for the king 19
and all the kings 16
so the king 16
in the kings 15
a king 14
unto king 14
against the king 13
to king 13
with the king 12
all the kings 11
whom the king 11
into the kings 9
unto the kings 9
with the kings 9
by the kings 8
of kings 8
then king 8
and to the king 7
at the kings 7
but the king 7
did the king 7
for the kings 7
to the kings 7
and it came to pass when the king 6
of a king 6
thee king 6
and when the king 5
behold the king 5
him king 5
my king 5
no king 5
that the kings 5
was king 5
against king 4
and her king 4
by the king 4
in the king 4
let the king 4
on the king 4
so king 4
their king 4
their kings 4
when the king 4
which king 4
which the king 4
and for the kings 3
and it came to pass when king 3
and of the kings 3
and to the kings 3
and with the king 3
as the king 3
but king 3
from the king 3
him to the king 3
let not the king 3
now the king 3
of their kings 3
our king 3
that king 3
them to the king 3
therefore the king 3
us a king 3
which the kings 3
according to all that king 2
according to the kings 2
against the kings 2
also the king 2
among the kings 2
and a king 2
and all their kings 2
and as the king 2
and it came to pass when all the kings 2
and kings 2
and let the king 2
and their kings 2
as king 2
at thee and their kings 2
because the king 2
because the kings 2
behold the kings 2
concerning the king 2
did king 2
for all the kings 2
for king 2
from the kings 2
he and the kings 2
he thee king 2
her king 2
her kings 2
him of the king 2
himself before the king 2
howbeit the king 2
in that the king 2
into all the kings 2
me a king 2
me king 2
moreover the king 2
not for kings 2
not the king 2
not the kings 2
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over all the kings 2
save only with the king 2
shall be king 2
shall the king 2
so shall the king 2
them the kings 2
then were the kings 2
they their kings 2
to our kings 2
upon the kings 2
what the kings 2
when thy king 2
where the kings 2
wherefore the king 2
wherein the king 2
your king 2
a kings 1
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against him as a king 1
against him by the king 1
against us the kings 1
all of them to the king 1
all that pertained to the king 1
all that the king 1
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also before kings 1
also king 1
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also unto the kings 1
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also with the king 1
and against the kings 1
and all king 1
and all kings 1
and all the king 1
and all these kings 1
and at the kings 1
and be ye with the king 1
and before all the kings 1
and behold the king 1
and between the king 1
and he had provided the king 1
and he was king 1
and his king 1
and if so be that the kings 1
and in the kings 1
and is in kings 1
and it was so when the king 1
and like unto him was there no king 1
and moreover the kings 1
and now behold the king 1
and of all the kings 1
and of king 1
and over the kings 1
and shalt be king 1
and so for all the kings 1
and that our king 1
and their king 1
and thou king 1
and to her king 1
and when all the kings 1
and when all these kings 1
and when king 1
and when the kings 1
and why should the king 1
any king 1
any more unto the king 1
as a king 1
as had not been on any king 1
as this in the kings 1
at him and the king 1
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be thy king 1
before the king 1
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between the king 1
both ye and your king 1
but be ye with the king 1
but not as the kings 1
but to the king 1
but when king 1
but with kings 1
by it and their king 1
by malcham 1
by me kings 1
doth their king 1
even the kings 1
even them the king 1
for his king 1
for i was the kings 1
for lo the kings 1
for so the king 1
for thee unto the king 1
for their king 1
for then the king 1
for to the king 1
from all kings 1
from thence the king 1
giveth he to his king 1
have no king 1
have we our kings 1
her of his royal 1
her out of the kings 1
her to the king 1
him and the king 1
him into the kings 1
him so the king 1
him the king 1
him there king 1
him was none like him among all the kings 1
him whom the king 1
himself to king 1
how the king 1
i unto the king 1
in all the kings 1
in their king 1
in unto the king 1
instead of which king 1
is for all the king 1
it also and the king 1
it and the king 1
it may be that the king 1
it to the king 1
lest the king 1
let king 1
likewise of king 1
lo the king 1
nay but we will have a king 1
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nevertheless the kings 1
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nor of the kings 1
nor the kings 1
not as the king 1
not for the kings 1
not her king 1
not unto the kings 1
notwithstanding the kings 1
now king 1
now the kings 1
now therefore behold the king 1
now therefore o king 1
now therefore o ye kings 1
o kings 1
o ye kings 1
of hammelech 1
of him a king 1
of his king 1
of our king 1
of the same when the kings 1
of thee and kings 1
of their king 1
of them unto the king 1
of these kings 1
of those kings 1
of your king 1
of your moloch 1
on the kings 1
our kings 1
over kings 1
over the kings 1
people and all the kings 1
pertaineth unto the kings 1
royal 1
shall be his king 1
shall be of thee and kings 1
shall kings 1
she i pray thee let the king 1
so it came to pass when the kings 1
such as none of the kings 1
such to whom the king 1
than all the kings 1
than the king 1
than the kings 1
that all the kings 1
that behold the kings 1
that he might be the kings 1
that it was not of the king 1
that it was not the king 1
that kings 1
thee a king 1
thee and thy king 1
thee from being king 1
thee now therefore be the kings 1
thee o king 1
thee the king 1
thee to the king 1
them a king 1
them also king 1
them as whatsoever the king 1
them for the kings 1
themselves a king 1
themselves unto king 1
themselves unto the king 1
then all the kings 1
then no king 1
then shall both ye and also the king 1
then the kings 1
then was the kings 1
there is no king 1
there with the king 1
therefore king 1
therefore was the king 1
these kings 1
they make the king 1
they nor their kings 1
they the kings 1
this king 1
those kings 1
thou art my king 1
thou the kings 1
thou unto the king 1
through kings 1
thus hath the king 1
to a king 1
to be a kings 1
to be king 1
to him but the king 1
to kings 1
to whom would the king 1
touching the king 1
unto all the kings 1
unto her also with the king 1
unto him for the king 1
unto him let not the king 1
unto his king 1
unto kings 1
unto me nay but a king 1
unto our king 1
unto thee o king 1
unto their king 1
unto them behold the kings 1
upon king 1
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upon the king 1
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us for all the kings 1
was come the king 1
was the king 1
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we have no king 1
well to be the kings 1
were the kings 1
what have i to do with thee thou king 1
what then should a king 1
when king 1
when kings 1
whereby the kings 1
whereunto the king 1
whereupon the king 1
which also king 1
which is the kings 1
which was in the kings 1
while the king 1
who is this king 1
whom is the king 1
whom king 1
whom the kings 1
why should the kings 1
with all those kings 1
with him so the king 1
with him unto the king 1
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with us and the king 1
without a king 1
ye kings 1
yea all kings 1
yea for the king 1
you a king 1
your kings 1

Verses containing H4428

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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  2. Ecclesiastes 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

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  3. Ecclesiastes 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

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  4. Ecclesiastes 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

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  5. Ecclesiastes 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.8

  6. Ecclesiastes 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

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  7. Ecclesiastes 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

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  8. Ecclesiastes 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

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  9. Ecclesiastes 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

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  10. Ecclesiastes 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

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  11. Ecclesiastes 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

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  12. Song of Solomon 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

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  13. Song of Solomon 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

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  14. Song of Solomon 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

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  15. Song of Solomon 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

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  16. Song of Solomon 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

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    Source alternate reference: 7.6

  17. Isaiah 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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  18. Isaiah 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

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  19. Isaiah 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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  20. Isaiah 7:1 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

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  21. Isaiah 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

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  22. Isaiah 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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  23. Isaiah 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

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  24. Isaiah 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

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  25. Isaiah 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

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  26. Isaiah 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

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  27. Isaiah 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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  28. Isaiah 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

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  29. Isaiah 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

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  30. Isaiah 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

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  31. Isaiah 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

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  32. Isaiah 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

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  33. Isaiah 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

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  34. Isaiah 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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  35. Isaiah 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

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  36. Isaiah 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

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  37. Isaiah 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

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  38. Isaiah 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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  39. Isaiah 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

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  40. Isaiah 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

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  41. Isaiah 30:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

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  42. Isaiah 32:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

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  43. Isaiah 33:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

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  44. Isaiah 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

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  45. Isaiah 36:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

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  46. Isaiah 36:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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  47. Isaiah 36:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

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  48. Isaiah 36:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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  49. Isaiah 36:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

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  50. Isaiah 36:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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