Strong H4441H4441Sמַלְכִּיָּהוּ
Malchiah
One of the 13 senses of Strong H4441
- Transliteration
- malkîyâh malkiyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {mal-kee-yaw'} mal-kee-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.21.1;
father of: Pashhur (H6583J)
father of: Pashhur (H6583J)
Meaning of the name
Malchijah or Malchiah or Melchiah = "my king is Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Malchiah
Son of Pashur, involved in plot against Jeremiah.
Malchiah, son of Pashur, was involved in a plot against Jeremiah (Jer.38.1,6; 21.1).
In the Bible
Strong H4441S appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- malchiah2
- melchiah1
First verses
- Jeremiah 21:1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
- Jeremiah 38:1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
- Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah 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.