What does מֶלֶךְ · כָּבוֹד mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · כָּבוֹד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the glorious King, the King characterized by divine weight, honor, and splendor".
Hebrew · H4428, H3519
מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד
A king · properly, weight , but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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כָּבוֹד H3519 properly, weight , but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Pronunciation kabod
Glory as weighty presence—God's overwhelming splendor and honor manifest through tangible abundance and substance
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What does מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד (melekh hakkavod) mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · כָּבוֹד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the glorious King, the King characterized by divine weight, honor, and splendor".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4428, H3519?
H4428, H3519 is connected to 2,726 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the glorious King, the King characterized by divine weight, honor, and splendor
Strong's H4428, H3519
Lexical occurrences 2,726 verses Source Gloss
the glorious King, the King characterized by divine weight, honor, and splendor
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד 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