Melek — King

The ordinary Hebrew word for king — found in names like Melchizedek ('king of righteousness') and Abimelech.

Melek in the Bible — example verses

“And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;”Genesis 14:1 (KJV)

“That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.”Genesis 14:2 (KJV)

“And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,”Genesis 14:5 (KJV)

“And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;”Genesis 14:8 (KJV)

“With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.”Genesis 14:9 (KJV)

“And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.”Genesis 14:10 (KJV)

“And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.”Genesis 14:17 (KJV)

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.”Genesis 14:18 (KJV)

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