What does מֶלֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a king".
Hebrew · H4428, H4714
מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם
A king · Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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מִצְרַיִם H4714 Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Pronunciation miṣĕrayim
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What does מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם (meleḵ miṣrayim) mean in the Bible?
מֶלֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a king".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4428, H4714?
H4428, H4714 is connected to 3,161 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a king
Strong's H4428, H4714
Lexical occurrences 3,161 verses Source Gloss
a king
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם 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