מַלְכוּת
malkûwth · mal-kooth'
a rule; concretely, a dominion
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַלְכֻת; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה; from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
a rule; concretely, a dominion
- a rule
- concretely, a dominion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: empire, kingdom, realm, reign, 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
- 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)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַלְכוּת 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
91 occurrences · 91 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the reign9 · 13%
- of the kingdom9 · 13%
- of his reign5 · 7%
- the kingdom4 · 6%
- for his kingdom4 · 6%
- of his kingdom4 · 6%
- of thy kingdom4 · 6%
- and his kingdom3 · 4%
- his kingdom3 · 4%
- royal3 · 4%
- in his kingdom2 · 3%
- into his kingdom2 · 3%
- throughout all his kingdom2 · 3%
- in the reign2 · 3%
- kingdom2 · 3%
- in the royal2 · 3%
- nor thy kingdom1 · 1%
- themselves with him in his kingdom1 · 1%
- and in my kingdom1 · 1%
- upon him such royal1 · 1%
- with all his reign1 · 1%
- so the realm1 · 1%
- in his reign1 · 1%
- even until the reign1 · 1%
- and in the reign1 · 1%
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.