Malkûwth — H4438

H4438 · Hebrew — מלכות

Pronunciation: mal-kooth'

Other spellings: malkuth מַלְכֻת, malkuyâh מַלְכֻיָּה

Definition

feminine noun

a rule; concretely, a dominion

  1. royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
    1. royal power, dominion
    2. reign
    3. kingdom, realm

Usually translated as

kingdom, reign, royal, realm, empire

Origin

or malkuth; or (in plural) malkuyâh; from H4427

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Malkûwth occurs 91 times in 82 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (17), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (2), Esther (21), Psalms (5), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (3), Daniel (14)

Strong's Lexicon — M