DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

King

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

2,256exact KJV occurrences 2,170Old Testament 86New Testament 44books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 2,252occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 14:1

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 19:16

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

2 Kings

303 occurrences in 219 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where king appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 3015 verses Exodus 1414 verses Numbers 1614 verses Deuteronomy 2118 verses Joshua 8444 verses Judges 3228 verses 1 Samuel 7771 verses 2 Samuel 251184 verses 1 Kings 264208 verses 2 Kings 303219 verses 1 Chronicles 6051 verses 2 Chronicles 227181 verses Ezra 5850 verses Nehemiah 2817 verses Esther 12791 verses Job 55 verses Psalms 3735 verses Proverbs 1717 verses Ecclesiastes 1010 verses Song of Solomon 55 verses Isaiah 6051 verses Jeremiah 218172 verses Lamentations 22 verses Ezekiel 2924 verses Daniel 154113 verses Hosea 1715 verses Amos 54 verses Jonah 22 verses Micah 33 verses Nahum 11 verses Zephaniah 22 verses Haggai 22 verses Zechariah 88 verses Malachi 11 verses Matthew 2019 verses Mark 1111 verses Luke 87 verses John 1613 verses Acts 1717 verses 2 Corinthians 11 verses 1 Timothy 22 verses Hebrews 53 verses 1 Peter 22 verses Revelation 44 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH4428

מֶלֶךְ

melek · meh'-lek

1,973 times translated as this KJV form2,523 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a king

Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.

Other KJV renderings

kings 281 king's 260 Kings 4 royal 2 Hammelech 1 Moloch 1 Malcham 1

Strong's first: Genesis 14:1Strong's last: Malachi 1:14

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AramaicH4430

מֶלֶךְ

melek · meh'-lek

147 times translated as this KJV form180 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a king

Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.

Other KJV renderings

king's 17 kings 15 royal 1

Strong's first: Ezra 4:8Strong's last: Daniel 7:1

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GreekG935

βασιλεύς

basileús · bas-il-yooce'

84 times translated as this KJV form117 total Strong's occurrences

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--king.

Other KJV renderings

kings 26 the king 3 the King 2 king's 2 of the 1 the kings 1 The kings 1 a king 1

Strong's first: Matthew 1:6Strong's last: Revelation 17:14

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HebrewH4427

מָלַךְ

mâlak · maw-lak'

45 times translated as this KJV form350 total Strong's occurrences

to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel

Strong's KJV usage: consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.

Other KJV renderings

reigned 160 reign 116 reigneth 11 made 6 queen 2 indeed 1 Reign 1 make 1

Strong's first: Judges 9:16Strong's last: Daniel 9:1

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GreekG1125

γράφω

gráphō · graf'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form201 total Strong's occurrences

to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe

Strong's KJV usage: :--describe, write(-ing, -ten).

Other KJV renderings

written 95 write 39 wrote 19 it is written 12 It is written 5 Write 5 is written 3 I 3

Strong's first: Revelation 19:16Strong's last: Revelation 19:16

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GreekG3588

ὁ

ho · ho

1 times translated as this KJV form1,134 total Strong's occurrences

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

Strong's KJV usage: :--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Other KJV renderings

which 221 that 203 them 80 things 54 are 42 he 40 they 38 is 38

Strong's first: Revelation 15:3Strong's last: Revelation 15:3

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HebrewH6440

פָּנִים

pânîym · paw-neem'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Other KJV renderings

before 1,129 face 328 presence 76 faces 63 because 63 sight 40 countenance 30 from 25

Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:28Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:28

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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264 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

1 Kings 1:1

H4428

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 1:2

H4428

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

1 Kings 1:2

H4428

1 Kings 1:2

H4428

1 Kings 1:3

H4428

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:4

H4428

And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

1 Kings 1:4

H4428

And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

1 Kings 1:5

H4427

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 1:13

H4428

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

1 Kings 1:13

H4428

1 Kings 1:14

H4428

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

1 Kings 1:15

H4428

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

1 Kings 1:15

H4428

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

1 Kings 1:15

H4428

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

1 Kings 1:16

H4428

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

1 Kings 1:16

H4428

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

1 Kings 1:18

H4428

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

1 Kings 1:19

H4428

And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

1 Kings 1:20

H4428

And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

1 Kings 1:20

H4428

And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

1 Kings 1:21

H4428

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

1 Kings 1:22

H4428

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

1 Kings 1:23

H4428

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:23

H4428

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:23

H4428

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

king

KING, noun

1. The chief or sovereign of a nation; a man invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country; a monarch. Kings are absolute monarchs, when they possess the powers of government without control, or the entire sovereignty over a nation; they are limited monarchs, when their power is restrained by fixed laws; and they are absolute, when they possess the whole legislative, judicial, and executive power, or when the legislative or judicial powers, or both, are vested in other bodies of men. Kings are hereditary sovereigns, when they hold the powers of government by right of birth or inheritance, and elective, when raised to the throne by choice.

KINGs will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

2. A sovereign; a prince; a ruler. Christ is called the king of his church. Psalms 2:6

3. A card having the picture of a king; as the king of diamonds.

4. The chief piece in the game of chess.

KING at arms, an officer in England of great antiquity, and formerly of great authority, whose business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three kings at arms, vix.garter, clarencieux, and norroy. The latter [northroy] officiates north of the Trent.

KING, verb transitive In ludicrous language, to supply with a king or to make royal; to raise to royalty.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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