H4446 - מְלֶכֶת (mᵉleketh)

H4446 מְלֶכֶת (mᵉleketh) mel-eh'-keth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

queen

Strong's Definition

m e leketh mel-eh'-keth From H4427; a queen: - queen.

Derivation: from H4427 (מָלַךְ);

KJV Usage: queen.

TWOT Reference: 1199c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) queen

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

queen

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְלֶכֶת meleketh BDB Definition: 1) queen Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4427 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1199c Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

7:18 44:17 44:18 44:19 44:25

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 44:17

Instead, we will do... everything we vowed to do...: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food... and good things, and we saw no disaster.

Jeremiah 44:18

But from the time... we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

Jeremiah 44:19

Moreover,” [said the women,] “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ {knowledge} that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?

Jeremiah 44:25

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: We will surely perform... our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her. Go ahead, then, do what you have promised!... Keep your vows!