Mallûwk — H4409

Definition

masculine proper noun

Malluk, the name of five Israelites

1. Malluch or Melicu = "counsellor"
2. a Merarite Levite, son of Hashabiah
3. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4. a descendant of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5. a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
6. one of the leaders of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
7. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Malluch, Melichu

Origin

or Mallûwkîy; (Nehemiah 12:14), from H4427; remnant

• Derived from Mâlak (H4427)

Occurrences

Mallûwk occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (4)

• 1 Chronicles 6:44 — And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch (מַלּֽוּךְ),
• Ezra 10:29 — And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch (מַלּוּךְ֙), and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
• Ezra 10:32 — Benjamin, Malluch (מַלּ֖וּךְ), and Shemariah.
• Nehemiah 10:4 — Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch (מַלּֽוּךְ),
• Nehemiah 10:27 — Malluch (מַלּ֥וּךְ), Harim, Baanah.
• Nehemiah 12:2 — Amariah, Malluch (מַלּ֖וּךְ), Hattush,
• Nehemiah 12:14 — Of Melicu (לִמְלִ֙יכוּ֙), Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;