Strong's Hebrew #4446 - מְלֶכֶת meleketh (queen)

queen

From malak; a queen -- queen.

see HEBREW malak

1) queen
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4427
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1199c

מְלֶ֫כֶת noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol^{§ 147 d} Kö^{ii, 169 n.} Gie^{Jeremiah 7:18} Ba^{NB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606}); — only construct הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳מ Jeremiah 7:18 4t. Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schr^below and others; (> = מְלֶאכֶת (Manuscripts), construct of מְלָאכָה (see לאך), worship of the heavens (Cast^{Lex. Syr.}), or creative work of the heavens, collective = ׳צְבָא הַשּׁ host of heaven, Sta^below (compare ᵐ5); see Schr^{COT Jeremiah 7:18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff.} Kue^{Ges. Abh. 186 ff.} We^{Skizzen iii. 38} Nö^{ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f.} RS^{Semitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189)} Grünb^{ZMG xiii.1888, 45}); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem ׳הַשּׁ ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ Jeremiah 7:18 ("" הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים); ׳הַשּׁ ׳לְקַטֵּר לִמ Jeremiah 44:17,18,19,25 (all "" הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).

Strong's Hebrew: 4446. מְלֶ֫כֶת (meleketh) — 5 Occurrences

Jeremiah 7:18
HEB: לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת כַּוָּנִ֜ים לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ
NAS: cakes for the queen of heaven;
KJV: cakes to the queen of heaven,
INT: to make cakes the queen of heaven and pour

Jeremiah 44:17
HEB: מִפִּ֗ינוּ לְקַטֵּ֞ר לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם֮ וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־
NAS: by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven
KJV: to burn incense unto the queen of heaven,
INT: our mouths burning to the queen of heaven and pouring

Jeremiah 44:18
HEB: חָדַ֜לְנוּ לְקַטֵּ֨ר לִמְלֶ֧כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהַסֵּֽךְ־
NAS: burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven
KJV: to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
INT: stopped burning to the queen of heaven and pouring

Jeremiah 44:19
HEB: אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ
NAS: we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven
KJV: And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven,
INT: we were burning to the queen of heaven and were pouring

Jeremiah 44:25
HEB: נָדַ֙רְנוּ֙ לְקַטֵּר֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ
NAS: to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven
KJV: to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
INT: have vowed to burn to the queen of heaven and pour