Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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Royal
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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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13 occurrences in 9 verses.
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מַלְכוּת
malkûwth · mal-kooth'
13 times translated as this KJV form91 total Strong's occurrences
a rule; concretely, a dominion
Strong's KJV usage: empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 29:25Strong's last: Esther 8:15
Open full H4438 profile →מְלוּכָה
mᵉlûwkâh · mel-oo-kaw'
4 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
something ruled, i.e. a realm
Strong's KJV usage: kingsom, king's, × royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 41:1
Open full H4410 profile →מַמְלָכָה
mamlâkâh · mam-law-kaw'
4 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
Strong's KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 10:2Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 22:10
Open full H4467 profile →βασιλικός
basilikós · bas-il-ee-kos'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent
Strong's KJV usage: :--king's, nobleman, royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 12:21Strong's last: James 2:8
Open full G937 profile →מֶלֶךְ
melek · meh'-lek
2 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 49:20Strong's last: 1 Kings 10:13
Open full H4428 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: 1 Peter 2:9Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:9
Open full G934 profile →מֶלֶךְ
melek · meh'-lek
1 times translated as this KJV form180 total Strong's occurrences
a king
Strong's KJV usage: king, royal.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:7Strong's last: Daniel 6:7
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H4438
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
H4438
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
H4438
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
H4438
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
H4438
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
H4438
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
H4438
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
H4438
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
H4438
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
H4438
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
H4438
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
H4438
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
English meaning and historical usage.
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royal
ROY'AL, adjective [Latin regalis, from rex, king. See Reck and Right.]
1. Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family.
2. Becoming a king; magnificent; as royal state.
3. Noble; illustrious.
How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
ROY'AL, noun
1. A large kind of paper. It is used as a noun or an adjective.
2. Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail; sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.
3. One of the shoots of a stag's head.
4. In artillery, a small mortar.
5. In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.
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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