Lexical Definition

‎מַמְלָכָה‎ mamlâkâh (mam-law-kaw') kingdom ^H:N-F
from ‎מָלַךְ‎

kingdom, king's, reign, royal.

• dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

1) kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty
1a) kingdom, realm
1b) sovereignty, dominion
1c) reign

See Greek: ἀρχή · βασιλεία · βασίλειον · βασίλειος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַמְלָכָה‎ noun feminine kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Josh 10:2 +; construct ‎מַמְלֶ֫כֶת‎ Exod 19:6 + 11 t. (including Mic 4:8 before ‎לְ‎); suffix ‎מַמְלַכְתִּי‎ Gen 20:9 +, etc.; plural ‎מַמְלָכוֺת‎ Deut 3:21 +; construct ‎מַמְלְכוֺת‎ Deut 28:25 +; —

1. kingdom, realm, chiefly non-Israel: Gen 10:10 (J), Gen 20:9 (E), Num 32:33 (twice in verse) (P), Deut 3:4; Deut 3:10; Deut 3:13; Deut 3:21; Deut 28:25; Josh 11:10 (D), 1Sam 10:18; 1Kgs 5:1*; 1Kgs 10:20; 1Kgs 18:10 (twice in verse) (both || ‎גּוֺי‎), Isa 10:10; 1Chr 16:20 = Ps 105:13 (|| ‎עַם‎ and ‎גּוֺי‎), Ps 135:11; Isa 14:16; Isa 19:2 (twice in verse); Isa 23:11; 2Chr 9:19; 2Chr 14:4*; 2Chr 29:21; 2Chr 32:15 (|| ‎גּוֺי‎), Neh 9:22 (|| ‎עַם‎, Ps 46:7* (|| ‎גוֺי‎), Ps 79:6 (|| id.), Ps 102:23* (|| ‎עַם‎, Isa 60:12 (|| ‎גּוֺי‎), so Jer 1:10; Jer 18:7; Jer 18:9; Jer 27:8; Jer 28:8; Jer 49:28; Jer 51:20; Jer 51:27; Amos 6:2; Nah 3:5; Zeph 3:8; Hag 2:22; Ezek 17:14; Ezek 29:14; Ezek 29:15; Ezek 37:22 ‎מַמְלְכוֺת הַגּוֺיִם‎ 2Chr 20:6, compare Isa 13:4 ‎מַמְלְכוֺת הָאָרֶץ‎ 2Kgs 19:15; 2Kgs 19:19 = Isa 37:16; Isa 37:20; 2Chr 36:23 = Ezra 1:2; Ps 68:33*; Isa 23:17; Jer 15:4; Jer 24:9; Jer 25:26; Jer 29:18; Jer 34:1; Jer 34:17 ‎מַמְלְכוֺת הָֽאֲרָצוֺת‎ 1Chr 29:30; 2Chr 12:8; 2Chr 17:10; 2Chr 20:29 of Israel Amos 9:8; Deut 17:20; 2Sam 3:28; Lam 2:2; 2Chr 21:4 compare ‎מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲָנִים‎ Exod 19:6 (|| ‎גּוֺי קָדוֺשׁ‎); of Messianic king Isa 9:6* ‎צְבִי מַמְלָכוֺת‎ (of Babylon) Isa 13:19, ‎׳‎‎גְּבֶרֶת מ‎ (id.) Isa 47:5 ‎מִשְׁפְּחֹת מַמְלְכוֺת צָפ֫וֺנָה‎ Jer 1:15.

2. sovereignty, dominion 1Sam 13:14 (Israel; with ‎תָּקוּם‎), compare 1Sam 24:21*; 2Chr 13:8 ‎בְּיַד בְּנֵי דָּוִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; ‎׳‎‎הַמַּמ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְךָ י‎ 1Chr 29:11 ‎חָֽזְקָה בְּיַד‎ 2Kgs 14:5 ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Chr 25:3 ‎הֶחֱזִיק בְּיַד‎ 2Kgs 15:19 compare 2Chr 22:9 ‎אֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎הֵכִין מ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) 1Sam 13:13 (Israel), compare 2Sam 7:12; 2Sam 7:16 (|| ‎בַּיִת‎); 2Chr 17:5 (‎בְּיַד‎) compare 1Kgs 2:46 (‎נָכוֺנָה בְּיַד‎); ‎׳‎‎נִשֵּׂא מ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) 2Sam 5:12 ‎לְדָוִד עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַן מ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) 2Chr 13:5, compare 2Chr 21:3 ‎מִן‎ ‎׳‎‎קָרַע הַמּ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) 1Sam 28:17 (Israel), 1Kgs 11:11 (followed by ‎מֵעַל‎), v1Kgs 11:31; 1Kgs 14:8 ‎מִן‎ omitted 1Kgs 11:13 ‎לָקַח מִיָּדוֺ‎ 1Kgs 11:34 (or = kingdom ?), ‎מִן‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶעֱבִיד מ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), 2Sam 3:10 (Israel); ‎מִן‎ ‎׳‎‎נִשְׁבַּת מ‎ Isa 17:3 compare ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎תָּשׁוּב הַמּ‎ 1Kgs 12:26 ‎עדיך‎ ‎׳‎‎תאתה ובאהמ֗֗֗‎ Mic 4:8 ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎הֵשִׁיב מ‎ 2Chr 11:1 ‎כִּסֵּא‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 17:18 (Israel; ‎יָשַׁב עַל‎), 2Sam 7:13 (‎׳‎‎כֹּנֵן י‎), 1Kgs 9:5 (‎׳‎‎הֵקִים י‎) 2Chr 23:20, ‎כִּסֵּא מַמְלָכוֺת‎ Hag 2:22 ‎׳‎‎בֵּית מ‎ royal house Amos 7:13 ‎׳‎‎עָרֵי הַמּ‎ royal cities Josh 10:2 compare 1Sam 27:5 ‎׳‎‎זֶרַע הַמּ‎ royal seed, children, 2Kgs 11:1 = 2Chr 22:10.

3. reign, ‎׳‎‎בְּרֵאשִׁית מ‎ Jer 27:1; Jer 28:1 in the beginning of the reign of (compare ‎מַלְכוּת‎ 2, ‎מַמְלָכוּת‎ 3).

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