Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
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Kings
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Revelation 21:24
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
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48 occurrences in 46 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
88 verses
Numbers
21 verses
Deuteronomy
55 verses
Joshua
2522 verses
Judges
76 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
2 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
2623 verses
2 Kings
4846 verses
1 Chronicles
55 verses
2 Chronicles
3130 verses
Ezra
109 verses
Nehemiah
54 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
33 verses
Psalms
2423 verses
Proverbs
109 verses
Ecclesiastes
11 verses
Isaiah
1919 verses
Jeremiah
3731 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
98 verses
Daniel
1412 verses
Hosea
33 verses
Micah
22 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Matthew
33 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
44 verses
Acts
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
1 Timothy
22 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
Revelation
1918 verses
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.
מֶלֶךְ
melek · meh'-lek
285 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 14:5Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:10
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basileús · bas-il-yooce'
29 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 10:18Strong's last: Revelation 21:24
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melek · meh'-lek
15 times translated as this KJV form180 total Strong's occurrences
a king
Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:13Strong's last: Daniel 7:24
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basileúō · bas-il-yoo'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to rule (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--king, reign.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 4:8Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:15
Open full G936 profile →βασίλειος
basíleios · bas-il'-i-os
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
kingly (in nature)
Strong's KJV usage: :--royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 7:25Strong's last: Luke 7:25
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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 16:14Strong's last: Revelation 16:14
Open full G3588 profile →מָלַךְ
mâlak · maw-lak'
1 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: Hosea 8:4Strong's last: Hosea 8:4
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H4428
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
H4428
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
H4428
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
H4428
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
H4428
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
H4428
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
H4428
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
H4428
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
H4428
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
H4428
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
H4428
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
H4428
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
H4428
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
H4428
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
H4428
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
H4428
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
H4428
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
H4428
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
H4428
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
H4428
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
H4428
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
H4428
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
H4428
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
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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