Lexical Definition

‎מְלוּכָה‎ mᵉlûwkâh (mel-oo-kaw') kingship ^H:N-F
feminine passive participle of ‎מָלַךְ‎

kingsom, king's, [idiom] royal.

• something ruled, i.e. a realm

1) kingship, royalty, kingly office

See Greek: βασιλεία · βασιλεύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְלוּכָה‎ noun feminine kingship, royalty; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute 1Sam 10:16 + 23 t.; — kingship, kingly office, royalty: 1Sam 10:16; 1Sam 10:25; 1Sam 11:14; 1Sam 18:5; 1Kgs 2:15 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 2:22; 1Kgs 11:35; 1Chr 10:14; Isa 34:12 belonging to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Obad 1:21; Ps 22:29* (|| ‎וּמשֵׁל בַּגּוֺיִם‎); ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎לָכַד מ‎ 1Sam 14:47 assume sovereignty over; ‎בְּיַד‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַן מ‎ 2Sam 16:18 give kingship to (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎הֵשִׁיב מ‎ 1Kgs 12:21 restore kingship to; ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎עָשָׂה מ‎ 1Kgs 21:7 exercise kingship over; metaphor of Jerusalem ‎וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּכָה‎ Ezek 16:13 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); ‎׳‎‎עִיר הַמ‎ 2Sam 12:26 = royal city; compare ‎׳‎‎כִּסֵּא הַמ‎ 1Kgs 1:46 ‎׳‎‎זֶרַע הַמ‎ 2Kgs 25:25 so Jer 41:1; Ezek 17:13; Dan 1:3 ‎׳‎‎צְנִו֯ף מ‎ Isa 62:3 (|| ‎עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת‎).

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