Malkîyâh — H4441

Definition

masculine proper noun

Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites

1. Malchijah or Malchiah or Melchiah = "my king is Jehovah"
2. the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah
3. the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast
4. the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of David
5. 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
6. a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon
7. son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8. 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
9. son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah
10. a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Malchiah, Malchijah

Origin

or Malkîyâhûw; (Jeremiah [38:6), from H4428 and H3050; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah

• Derived from Melek (H4428)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Malkîyâh occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (7), Jeremiah (3)

• 1 Chronicles 6:40 — The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּֽה),
• 1 Chronicles 9:12 — And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah (מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה), and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
• 1 Chronicles 24:9 — The fifth to Malchijah (לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙), the sixth to Mijamin,
• Ezra 10:25 — Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah (וּמַלְכִּיָּה֙), and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
• Ezra 10:25 — Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah (וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה), and Benaiah.
• Ezra 10:31 — And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּ֖ה), Shemaiah, Shimeon,
• Nehemiah 3:11 — Malchijah (מַלְכִּיָּ֣ה) the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
• Nehemiah 3:14 — But the dung gate repaired Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּ֣ה) the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
• Nehemiah 3:31 — After him repaired Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּה֙) the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah (וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה), and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Nehemiah 10:3 — Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah (מַלְכִּיָּֽה),
• Nehemiah 11:12 — And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּֽה),
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah (וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה), and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Jeremiah 21:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah (מַלְכִּיָּ֔ה), and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:1 — Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה), heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah (מַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּ) the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.