מַלְכִּיָּהוּ
mal.kiy.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H4441
Malchijah
From: or מַלְכִּיָּהוּlemma מַלְכִּיָהוּ missing dagesh, corrected to מַלְכִּיָּהוּ; (Jeremiah [38:6), from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) and H3050 (יָהּ); king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah;
Short Definition
Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
Full Lexicon Entry
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Jeatherai (H2979); father of: Baaseiah (H1202) § Malchijah or Malchiah or Melchiah = "my king is Jehovah" 1) the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah 2) the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast 3) the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of ) one of the priests who was at the reading of the law by Ezra, sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, and was at the dedication of the wall with Nehemiah 5) a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon 6) son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of ) son of Harim who put away a foreign wife and helped repair the wall and the Tower of Ovens in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah 8) son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah 9) a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
13 timesAppears 13 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Nehemiah
6
Jeremiah
3
1 Chronicles
2
Ezra
2
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 24:9
- Ezra 10:25
- Jeremiah 21:1
- Jeremiah 38:6
- Nehemiah 12:42
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