Strong’s H4431 · Hebrew

מְלַךְ
mᵉlak
mel-ak'

Definition

advice

Etymology

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H4427 (מָלַךְ) in the sense of consultation;

Where the KJV renders it

  • counsel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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