HebrewH4111Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַהֲלַלְאֵל

ma.ha.lal.el

7Occurrences
H4111Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an Israelite

from H4110 (מַהֲלָל) and H410 (אֵל); praise of God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; son of: Kenan (H7018); father of: Jared (H3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at ; Also named: Maleleēl (*Μαλελεήλ *"Mahalaleel" G3121) § Mahalaleel = "praise of God" 1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of ) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַהֲלַלְאֵל appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
5
1 Chronicles
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:2BSB

Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

Genesis 5:12BSB

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:13BSB

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:15BSB

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

Genesis 5:16BSB

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.