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
Open full G935 profile →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
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 Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
H4428
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
H4428
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
H4428
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
H4428
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
H4428
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
H4428
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
H4428
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
H4428
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
H4428
And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
H4428
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
H4428
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
H4428
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
H4428
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
H4428
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
H4428
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
H4428
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
H4428
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
H4428
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
H4428
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
H4428
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
H4428
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
H4428
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
H4428
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
H4428
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
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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