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king

Meaning of “king”

A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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2,256 occurrences1,756 verses44 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:1

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Hosea 10:15
So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 10:15 · retained source text

So shall Bethel doe vnto you, because of your great wickednesse: in a morning shall the king of Israel be vtterly cut off.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the euill of your euill.

Hosea 11:5
¶ He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 11:5 · retained source text

¶ He shall not returne into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to returne

Hosea 13:10
I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 13:10 · retained source text

I will be thy King: where is any other that may saue thee in all thy cities? and thy Iudges of whom thou saidst, Giue me a King and Princes?

Hosea 13:11
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 13:11 · retained source text

I gaue thee a king in mine anger, and tooke him away in my wrath.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 8.5. and 15.23. and 16.1.

Amos 1:1
THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 1:1 · retained source text

¶ The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen of Tekoa, which hee sawe concerning Israel, in the daies of Uzziah King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash king of Israel, two yere before the earthquake.

1611 marginal noteZech.14.5.

Amos 1:15
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 1:15 · retained source text

And their king shall goe into captiuitie, hee, and his princes together, sayth the LORD.

Amos 2:1
THUS saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 2:1 · retained source text

¶ Thus sayth the LORD, For three transgressions of Moab, and for foure, I wil not turne away the punishment thereof, because hee burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime.

1611 marginal note2.Kings.3.27.

Amos 7:10
¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 7:10 · retained source text

¶ Then Amaziah the Priest of Beth-el sent to Ieroboam king of Israel, saying; Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to beare all his words.

Jonah 3:6
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 3:6 · retained source text

For word came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him and couered him with sackcloth, & sate in ashes.

Jonah 3:7
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 3:7 · retained source text

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineueh (by the decree of the King and his nobles) saying; Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flocke taste any thing; let them not feede, nor drinke water.

1611 marginal noteHeb. said.

1611 marginal noteHeb. great men.

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