Melek means “Melech” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4429 — ptyo (“spit”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4429 מֶלֶך (Melek) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Melek (meh'-lek) n/p. 1. king 2. Melek, the name of two Israelites It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include melech, king, and hammelech. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Melek (meh'-lek) n/p. 1. king 2. Melek, the name of two Israelites [the same as H4428] KJV: Melech, Hammelech (by including the article). Root(s): H4428
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4429. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Melech
Usage: A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.35; son of: Micah (H4318H); brother of: Pithon (H6377), Tarea (H8390) and Ahaz (H0271H) § Melech = "king" a Benjamite, the 2nd son of Micah and grandson of Mephibosheth
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Melek, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4429.
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4429, grouped by book.
Melek (Strong's H4429) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Melech". Melek (meh'-lek) n/p. 1. king 2. Melek, the name of two Israelites
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H4429 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4429 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as melech, king, and hammelech. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.