What does מֶלֶךְ · חָלָץ mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · חָלָץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "kings shall come from your loins".
Hebrew · H4428, H2504
מְלָכִים מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ
A king · the loins (as the seat of vigor)
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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חָלָץ H2504 the loins (as the seat of vigor)
Pronunciation ḥālāṣ
Loins as the anatomical seat of physical strength, reproductive power, and vital life force in Hebrew anthropology
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What does מְלָכִים מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ (melakhim mechalatsekha) mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · חָלָץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "kings shall come from your loins".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4428, H2504?
H4428, H2504 is connected to 2,537 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. kings shall come from your loins
Strong's H4428, H2504
Lexical occurrences 2,537 verses Source Gloss
kings shall come from your loins
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מְלָכִים מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ 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