Lexical Summary malku: royalty, reign, kingdom Original Word: מַלְכוּTransliteration: malku Phonetic Spelling: (mal-koo') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: royalty, reign, kingdom Meaning: royalty, reign, kingdom Strong's Concordance kingdom, kingly, realm, reign (Aramaic) corresponding to malkuwth; dominion (abstractly or concretely) -- kingdom, kingly, realm, reign. see HEBREW malkuwth Brown-Driver-Briggs H4437. malku מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute ׳מ Daniel 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emphatic תָא- Daniel 2:37 +, תָה- 2:44; suffix תִי- 4:15 +, הֵתּ- Daniel 3:33 +, תָךְ- 4:23 +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת 7:27; emphatic וָתָא- 2:44; 7:23; — 1 royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Daniel 4:23; 4:28; 4:33; מ ׳הֵיכַל 4:26, מ ׳בֵּית 4:27, כָּרְסֵא 5:20. 2 organized (world-) kingdom: Daniel 2:39 (twice in verse); 2:40-41, 42, 44; 7:23 (twice in verse); 7:24, 27; ׳מ אֲנָשָׁא 4:14; 4:22; 4:29; 5:21; of specific kings 2:37; 5:18, 28; 6:1; of God Daniel 3:33; 7:27 (both ׳מ עָלַם), 2:44 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:33; 4:31; 6:27; 7:27; of Messiah 7:14 (twice in verse); of saints 7:18 (twice in verse); 7:22, 27. 3 realm (territorial) Daniel 4:15; 4:33b; 5:7, 11, 16, 29; 6:2 (twice in verse); 6:4; 6:8; 6:27; Ezra 7:13, 23; metonymy 6:5 +? 4 reign, time of reigning Daniel 5:26; Daniel 6:29 (twice in verse); Ezra 4:24; 6:15. |