Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
counsel
Usage: counsel, advice Aramaic of ma.lakh (מָלַךְ "to advise" H4427B)
Melak means “counsel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4431 — ptosis (“fall”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4431 מְלַך (mlak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mlak (mel-ak') n-m. 1. counsel [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H4427 in the sense of consultation] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include counsel. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
mlak (mel-ak') n-m. 1. counsel [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H4427 in the sense of consultation] Root(s): H4427
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counsel
Usage: counsel, advice Aramaic of ma.lakh (מָלַךְ "to advise" H4427B)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mlak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H4431.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4431, grouped by book.
Melak (Strong's H4431) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "counsel". mlak (mel-ak') n-m. 1. counsel [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H4427 in the sense of consultation]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H4431 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4431 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as counsel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.