מָלַךְ
mâlak · maw-lak'
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- to reign
- inceptively, to ascend the throne
- causatively, to induct into royalty
- hence, (by implication) to take counsel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
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
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָלַךְ 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
348 occurrences · 348 OT · 0 NT · 116 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- reigned87 · 29%
- when he began to reign33 · 11%
- and he reigned32 · 11%
- king21 · 7%
- and reigned14 · 5%
- began to reign14 · 5%
- to reign13 · 4%
- shall reign12 · 4%
- of his reign12 · 4%
- reign9 · 3%
- reigneth9 · 3%
- and made him king6 · 2%
- was he when he began to reign5 · 2%
- him, and reigned5 · 2%
- which reigned5 · 2%
- to make him king4 · 1%
- he reigned4 · 1%
- that reigned3 · 1%
- thou, and reign3 · 1%
- and made3 · 1%
- made2 · 1%
- that shall reign2 · 1%
- me, that i should not reign1 · 0%
- to him, shalt thou indeed1 · 0%
- there reigned1 · 0%
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.