Strong's H4441 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: מַלְכִּיָּה (Malkîyâh)

Pronunciation: mal-kee-yaw'

POS: mal-kee-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or lemma מַלְכִּיָהוּ missing dagesh, corrected to מַלְכִּיָּהוּ; (Jeremiah [38:6), from and ; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah;

Definition: or מַלְכִּיָּהוּlemma מַלְכִּיָהוּ missing dagesh, corrected to מַלְכִּיָּהוּ; (Jeremiah [38:6), from מֶלֶךְ and יָהּ; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah; Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites; Malchiah, Malchijah.

KJV Usage: Malchiah, Malchijah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

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

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