מְלוּכָה
mᵉlûwkâh · mel-oo-kaw'
something ruled, i.e. a realm
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H4427 (מָלַךְ);
something ruled, i.e. a realm
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kingsom, king's, [idiom] royal.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְלוּכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the kingdom7 · 29%
- of the kingdom3 · 13%
- royal2 · 8%
- and what can he have more but the kingdom1 · 4%
- the royal1 · 4%
- that the kingdom1 · 4%
- howbeit the kingdom1 · 4%
- for him the kingdom1 · 4%
- for the kingdom1 · 4%
- thereof to the kingdom1 · 4%
- and a royal1 · 4%
- into a kingdom1 · 4%
- of the king's1 · 4%
- and of the king's1 · 4%
- and the kingdom1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.