Type Word Usage Ancient Hebrew Scripts מֶלֶךְ(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Hebrew word meaning "king" [1]. Related ItemsDetails VariantmalaḵOther Languages & Culturesmlk(Ancient Semitic) malaka, malik(Arabic) mlk(Phoenician) Given Name DescendantsAbimelech, Milcah(Biblical) Abimelech, Melcha(Biblical Greek) 'Avimelekh, Milka(Biblical Hebrew) Abimelech, Melcha(Biblical Latin) Malka(Hebrew) Same Spellingmelek Sources & References Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h4428, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h4428.