Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

king

Meaning of “king”

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

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references
2,256 occurrences1,756 verses44 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 14:1

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “king”

KJV PCE

Remembering a verse with different wording? Find a verse across the Bible →

Showing verses 1,661–1,670 of 1,756 · 2,256 word occurrences in this result

Micah 2:13
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 2:13 · retained source text

The breaker is come vp before them: they haue broken vp and haue passed through the gate, and are gone out by it, and their king shal passe before them, & the LORD on the head of them.

Micah 4:9
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 4:9 · retained source text

Now why doest thou cry out alowd? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs haue taken thee, as a woman in trauell.

Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 6:5 · retained source text

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that yee may know the righteousnesse of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteNum. 25.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 5.

1611 marginal noteNum.22.5. and 23.7.

Nahum 3:18
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 3:18 · retained source text

Thy shepheards slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, & no man gathereth them.

1611 marginal noteOr, valiant ones.

Zephaniah 1:1
THE word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:1 · retained source text

¶ The worde of the LORD which came vnto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Hizkiah, in the dayes of Iosiah, the sonne of Amon king of Iudah.

Zephaniah 3:15
The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:15 · retained source text

The LORD hath taken away thy iudgements, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, euen the LORD is in the middest of thee: thou shalt not see euill any more.

Haggai 1:1
IN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Haggai 1:1 · retained source text

¶ In the second yeere of Darius the king, in the sixt moneth, in the first day of the moneth came the worde of the LORD by Haggai the Prophet vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, gouernour of Iudah, and to Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, saying;

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of Haggai.

1611 marginal noteOr, captaine.

Haggai 1:15
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:15 · retained source text

In the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of Darius the King.

Zechariah 7:1
AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 7:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the fourth yeere of King Darius, that the word of the LORD came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu.

Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 9:5 · retained source text

Ashkelon shall see it, and feare, Gaza also shall see it and be very sorrowfull, and Ekron: for her expectation shalbe ashamed, and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shal not be inhabited.

Reference index — this page of 1,756 verses

Use the concordance pages above to reach every reference.

Where “king” appears

Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.

Source order

Definition evidence