מַמְלָכָה
mamlâkâh · mam-law-kaw'
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַמְלָכָה 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
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 61 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the kingdom14 · 19%
- of the kingdoms5 · 7%
- and the kingdom4 · 5%
- the kingdoms4 · 5%
- kingdoms4 · 5%
- of the kingdom3 · 4%
- of his kingdom3 · 4%
- and kingdom3 · 4%
- into all the kingdoms3 · 4%
- of kingdoms3 · 4%
- and all the kingdoms3 · 4%
- or kingdom2 · 3%
- in any kingdom2 · 3%
- royal2 · 3%
- of the reign2 · 3%
- even thou alone, of all the kingdoms2 · 3%
- kingdom2 · 3%
- his kingdom2 · 3%
- and concerning a kingdom2 · 3%
- and the kingdoms2 · 3%
- that all the kingdoms2 · 3%
- unto all the kingdoms1 · 1%
- being the kingdom1 · 1%
- and ye shall be unto me a kingdom1 · 1%
- on me and on my kingdom1 · 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.