What does מֶלֶךְ · βασιλεύς mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · βασιλεύς is a Hebrew phrase meaning "ruler or sovereign authority".
Hebrew · H4428, G935
מֶלֶךְ
A king · a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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βασιλεύς G935 a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
Pronunciation basileús
Sovereign ruler holding absolute authority; applied to God, Christ, earthly monarchs, and Roman emperors throughout NT.
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What does מֶלֶךְ (melek) mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · βασιλεύς is a Hebrew phrase meaning "ruler or sovereign authority".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4428, G935?
H4428, G935 is connected to 2,526 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. ruler or sovereign authority
Strong's H4428, G935
Lexical occurrences 2,526 verses Source Gloss
ruler or sovereign authority
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G3197 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain