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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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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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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מֶלֶךְ
melek · meh'-lek
1,973 times translated as this KJV form2,523 total Strong's occurrences
a king
Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 14:1Strong's last: Malachi 1:14
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melek · meh'-lek
147 times translated as this KJV form180 total Strong's occurrences
a king
Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:8Strong's last: Daniel 7:1
Open full H4430 profile →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
Strong's first: Matthew 1:6Strong's last: Revelation 17:14
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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
Strong's first: Judges 9:16Strong's last: Daniel 9:1
Open full H4427 profile →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
Strong's first: Revelation 19:16Strong's last: Revelation 19:16
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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.
Strong's first: Revelation 15:3Strong's last: Revelation 15:3
Open full G3588 profile →פָּנִים
pânîym · paw-neem'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's first: 1 Kings 3:28Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:28
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H4428
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
H4428
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
H4428
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
H4428
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
H4428
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
H4428
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
H4428
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
H4428
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
H4428
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
H4428
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
H4428
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
H4428
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
H4428
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
H4428
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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