malchut · kingdom, reign

What it means

malchut (מַלְכוּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “kingdom, reign”.

The rule of a king.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
2. A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Kingdom, reign: a king's rule, the territory he governs and the time he reigns; used as an adjective, “royal”. It comes from מָלַךְ, “reign” (H4427), and belongs to the family of מֶלֶךְ, “king” (H4428). In Aramaic, in Daniel and Ezra, it is מַלְכוּ (H4437), with its own note.

• A king's kingdom 1 Chronicles 17:11Esther 1:2
• Dates by the year of the reign Daniel 1:12 Chronicles 3:2
• What is royal: royal robes, royal throne Esther 5:1
• “Who knows whether for a time like this you have come to the kingdom?” Esther 4:14
• The kingdom of YHWH, “a kingdom of all ages” Psalms 145:13Psalms 103:19

How we translate it

“Kingdom” 54 times, “reign” 21, “royal” 11, “royalty” 2. “Reign” when it is the time (“in the fourth year of his reign”, 2 Chronicles 3:2); “royal” when it qualifies another word, as in “a royal robe” (Esther 6:8). It is a word of the late books (Chronicles, Esther, Daniel); another word, מַמְלָכָה (H4467), is also translated “kingdom”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• kingdom ×54
• reign ×21
• royal ×11
• kingdoms ×2
• royalty ×2
• kingship ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×11
• 2 Chronicles×17
• Ezra×6
• Nehemiah×2
• Esther×26
• Psalms×6
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Jeremiah×3
• Daniel×16

• Numbers 24:7

  Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be by many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

• 1 Samuel 20:31

  For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you will not be established, nor your kingdom. And now, send and bring him to me, for he deserves death.”

• 1 Kings 2:12

  And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established firmly.

• 1 Chronicles 11:10

  Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of YHWH concerning Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 12:23

  Now these are the numbers of the heads of those armed for the army who came to David at Hebron, to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, by the command of YHWH:

• 1 Chronicles 14:2

  And David knew that YHWH had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 17:11

  And it will be, when your days are fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I will raise up your offspring after you, one who will be of your sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

• 1 Chronicles 17:14

  And I will set him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’”

• 1 Chronicles 22:10

  He will build a house for my name, and he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

• 1 Chronicles 26:31

  Of the Hebronites, Jeriah was the head, of the Hebronites according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the year forty of the reign of David they were searched out, and there were found among them very capable men at Jazer of Gilead.

• 1 Chronicles 28:5

  And of all my sons (for YHWH has given me many sons) he chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of YHWH over Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 28:7

  I will establish his kingdom forever, if he holds firm to do my commandments and my rules, as at this day.’

• 1 Chronicles 29:25

  YHWH magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and put on him a splendor of kingship such as had not been on any king before him over Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 29:30

  with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.

• 2 Chronicles 1:1

  Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom; and YHWH his Elohim was with him and made him great exceedingly.

• 2 Chronicles 2:1

  Solomon resolved to build a house for the name of YHWH and a house for his kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 2:12

  Huram said, “Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, knowing prudence and understanding, who will build a house for YHWH and a house for his kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 3:2

  He began to build in the second month, on the second day, in the fourth year of his reign.

• 2 Chronicles 7:18

  then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not be cut off for you a man ruling in Israel.’

• 2 Chronicles 11:17

  They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made firm Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

• 2 Chronicles 12:1

  And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, that he abandoned the instruction of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

• 2 Chronicles 15:10

  They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of year fifteen of the reign of Asa.

• 2 Chronicles 15:19

  And there was no war until year thirty-five of the reign of Asa.

• 2 Chronicles 16:1

  In year thirty-six of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, so as not to let anyone go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 16:12

  Asa became diseased in year thirty-nine of his reign in his feet, until his disease was very severe; yet even in his disease he did not seek YHWH, but the physicians.

• 2 Chronicles 20:30

  The kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, and his Elohim gave him rest all around.

• 2 Chronicles 29:19

  And all the utensils that King Ahaz rejected during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are before the altar of YHWH.”

• 2 Chronicles 33:13

  He prayed to him, and he let himself be entreated by him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that YHWH is Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 35:19

  In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was celebrated.

• 2 Chronicles 36:20

  He carried into exile the remnant left from the sword to Babylon, and they became slaves to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to reign;

• 2 Chronicles 36:22

  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

• Ezra 1:1

  And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH from the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying:

• Ezra 4:5

  and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

• Ezra 4:6

  And in the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

• Ezra 7:1

  And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

• Ezra 8:1

  And these are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and the genealogical record of those who went up with me in the reign of Artaxerxes the king from Babylon:

• Nehemiah 9:35

  And they, in their kingdom, and in your abundant goodness that you gave them, and in the wide and fertile land that you set before them, did not serve you, nor turn from their evil deeds.

• Nehemiah 12:22

  The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of fathers’ houses were written, and the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.

• Esther 1:2

  in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom that was in Susa, the fortress,

• Esther 1:4

  while he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom and the honor of the splendor of his greatness for many days, a hundred and eighty days.

And 51 more times.