מֶלֶךְ (melek) is a Hebrew noun meaning king. It appears 2526 times in 35 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4428).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1199a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מֶ֫לֶךְ noun, masculine: king

Strong's H4428 מֶלֶךְ: a king
KJV:king, royal.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1199: מָלַךְ mālak — be, become king, queen, reign; king; make king, cause to reign; ascend the throne, induct, take counsel; consult, reigning, rule

• מַמְלָכָה mamlākâ — kingdom
• מַלְכוּת malkût — royalty
• מַלְכָּה malkâ — queen
• מְלוּכָה mĕlûkâ — kingship
• מֹלֶךְ mōlek — Molech
• מַמְלָכוּת mamlākût — kingdom
• מְלֶכֶת mĕleket — queen
• מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק malkî-ṣedeq — Melchizedek

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