מַלְכוּ
malkûw · mal-koo'
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438 (מַלְכוּת);
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַלְכוּ 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
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the kingdom8 · 14%
- kingdom7 · 13%
- in the kingdom7 · 13%
- of the kingdom4 · 7%
- thy kingdom3 · 5%
- and his kingdom3 · 5%
- of the reign2 · 4%
- a kingdom2 · 4%
- and the kingdom2 · 4%
- kingdoms2 · 4%
- of my kingdom2 · 4%
- in my realm1 · 2%
- the realm1 · 2%
- thee a kingdom1 · 2%
- so the kingdom1 · 2%
- his kingdom1 · 2%
- men of my kingdom1 · 2%
- in my kingdom1 · 2%
- in thy kingdom1 · 2%
- his kingly1 · 2%
- realm1 · 2%
- in the reign1 · 2%
- and in the reign1 · 2%
- and a kingdom1 · 2%
- this kingdom1 · 2%
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.