מְלֶ֫כֶת
me.le.khet
queen
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word מְלֶ֫כֶת (me.le.khet) is lexically defined as "queen." This term belongs to the semantic domain of Royalty & Authority, indicating its primary association with power and governance. In the context of the Bible, the word "queen" (me.le.khet) is used in five distinct occurrences, signifying a position of significant authority. Given its specific definition, this word emphasizes a female monarch's role within a royal court or kingdom. The frequency and placement of this term in the biblical text suggest that it holds importance in discussions of governance, power structures, and roles within ancient societies.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 44:17But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
Jeremiah 44:18But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Jeremiah 44:19“When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”
Jeremiah 44:25Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.” “ ‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’