Lexical Definition

‎מַלְכוּת‎ malkûwth (mal-kooth') royalty ^H:N-F
or מַלְכֻת malkuth (malkooth'); or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh (mal-koo-yah'); from ‎מָלַךְ‎

empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.

• a rule
• concretely, a dominion

1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm

See Greek: βασιλεία

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: mal.khu (‎מ‎ַ‎ל‎ְ‎כו‎ּ "kingdom" מַלְכוּ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַלְכוּת‎ noun feminine royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom (chiefly late); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Esth 1:9 +; construct 1Chr 12:23* +; suffix ‎מַלְכוּתִי‎ 1Chr 17:14, etc.; plural ‎מַלְכֻיּוֺת‎ Dan 8:22 —

1. royal power, dominion Num 24:7 (with ‎תִּנַשֵּׂא‎), 1Sam 20:31 (with ‎תִּכּוֺן‎), 1Kgs 2:12 (c. id.); compare Jer 10:7; Eccl 4:14; 1Chr 11:10; 1Chr 12:23*; 1Chr 29:30 (|| ‎גְּבוּרָה‎), 2Chr 33:13; Esth 1:19, royal (queenly) dignity Esth 4:14; 1Chr 14:2 (with ‎נִשֵּׂאת‎); with ‎לָכַד‎ Dan 11:21 with ‎הֵכִין‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) 1Chr 17:11; 1Chr 28:7; 2Chr 12:1 (subject Rehob.); Israel royalty as belonging to ‎׳‎‎י‎ 1Chr 17:14 dominion of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 103:19 (with ‎מָֽשְׁלָה‎), Ps 145:13 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎כְּבוֺד מ‎ vPs 145:11 ‎׳‎‎כְּבוֺד הֲדַר מ‎ vPs 145:12 ‎׳‎‎שֵׁבֶט מ‎ Ps 45:7* ‎׳‎‎כִּסֵּא מ‎ 1Chr 22:10; 1Chr 28:5; 2Chr 7:18 of Persia Esth 1:2; Esth 5:1 ‎׳‎‎בַּיִת לְמ‎ 2Chr 1:18*; 2Chr 2:11* ‎׳‎‎בֵּית מ‎ Esth 1:9; Esth 2:16; Esth 5:1 (compare Assyrian bit šarruti Dl^{HWB 171}); ‎׳‎‎יֵין מ‎ royal wine Esth 1:7 ‎׳‎‎דְּבַר מ‎ royal command Esth 1:19 ‎׳‎‎הוֺד מ‎ royal honour, majesty 1Chr 29:25; Dan 11:21 so perhaps also ‎׳‎‎הֶדֶר מ‎ Dan 11:20 see Bev; ‎׳‎‎עשֶׁר בְּבוֺד מ‎ Esth 1:4 ‎׳‎‎כֶּתֶר מ‎ royal crown Esth 1:11; Esth 2:17; Esth 6:8 ‎׳‎‎לְבוּשׁ מ‎ royal apparel Esth 6:8; Esth 8:15 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ (‎לְבוּשׁ‎ omitted) Esth 5:1 (queenly attire).

2. reign: 40th year of reign of David 1Chr 26:31 compare 2Chr 3:2; 2Chr 15:10; 2Chr 15:19; 2Chr 16:1; 2Chr 16:12; 2Chr 35:19; Jer 49:34; Dan 1:1 also 2Chr 29:19 of Babylonian and Persian kings Jer 52:31 (‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת מ‎ || 2Kgs 25:27 ‎מָלְכוֺ‎) Dan 2:1; Dan 8:1; Ezra 4:5; Ezra 4:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 7:1; Ezra 8:1; Neh 12:22; Esth 2:16 compare ‎עַדמְֿלֹח מַלְכוּת פָּרָס‎ 2Chr 36:20.

3. kingdom, realm 2Chr 1:1; 2Chr 11:17; 2Chr 20:30; Neh 9:35 especially realm of Babylonia and Persia 2Chr 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Esth 1:14; Esth 1:20; Esth 2:3; Esth 3:6; Esth 3:8; Esth 5:3; Esth 5:6; Esth 7:2; Esth 9:30; Dan 8:22; Dan 9:1; Dan 10:13 compare Dan 11:2; Dan 11:4 (twice in verse); Dan 11:9; Dan 11:17 vDan 11:20 ‎׳‎‎הֶדֶר מ‎ = Jerusalem according to Hi., but see 1 above

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