H4427 מָלַךְ

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 350 KJV occurrences

מָלַךְ

mâlak · maw-lak'

Definition

to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel

KJV Renderings

consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 350)

Genesis 36:31¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
2 Samuel 2:10Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
1 Kings 15:9¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
2 Kings 10:35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 18:1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
1 Chronicles 12:31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
2 Chronicles 22:1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chronicles 36:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.