What does מֶלֶךְ · גּוֹי mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · גּוֹי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "King of the nations".
Hebrew · H4428, H1471
מֶלֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם
A king · a foreign nation ; hence, a Gentile ; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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גּוֹי H1471 a foreign nation ; hence, a Gentile ; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Pronunciation gwōy
Ethnic or national group distinct from Israel; carries covenantal exclusivity when applied to non-Israelites as Gentiles
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What does מֶלֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם (melekh haggoyim) mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · גּוֹי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "King of the nations".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4428, H1471?
H4428, H1471 is connected to 3,093 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. King of the nations
Strong's H4428, H1471
Lexical occurrences 3,093 verses Source Gloss
King of the nations
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מֶלֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם is built from this root:
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