Mahălalʼêl — H4111

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

1. Mahalaleel = "praise of God"
2. son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth
3. a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah

Usually translated as

Mahalaleel

Origin

from H4110 and H410; praise of God

• Derived from Mahălâl (H4110)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Greek equivalents

• Maleleḗl (G3121)

Occurrences

Mahălalʼêl occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Genesis 5:12 — And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel (מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל):
• Genesis 5:13 — And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel (מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל) eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:15 — And Mahalaleel (מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל) lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
• Genesis 5:16 — And Mahalaleel (מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל) lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:17 — And all the days of Mahalaleel (מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל) were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
• 1 Chronicles 1:2 — Kenan, Mahalaleel (מַהֲלַלְאֵ֖ל), Jered,
• Nehemiah 11:4 — And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel (מַהֲלַלְאֵ֖ל), of the children of Perez;