Strong H4250מַחְלִי

Mahlite

Transliteration
machlîy
Pronunciation
makh-lee'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patronymic from H4249; a Machlite or (collectively) descendant of Machli: - Mahlites.

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Mahli who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19;
son of: Merari (H4847);
brother of: Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269);
father of: Libni (H3845H), Eleazar (H499J) and Kish (H7027H)
Group of mach.li (מַחְלִי "Mahli" H4249)

In the biblical story

Mahli

Son of Merari, grandson of Levi.

Mahli, a son of Merari and grandson of Levi, was an ancestor of the Mahlites (Exo.6.19; Num.3.20,33; 26.58; 1Ch.6.19,29; 23.21; 24.26,28; Ezr.8.18).

In the Bible

Strong H4250 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mahlites2

First verses

  1. Numbers 3:33
    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
  2. Numbers 26:58
    These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
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