Lexical Definition

‎מַלּוּךְ‎ Mallûwk (mal-luke') Malluch ^N:N-M-P
or מַלּוּכִי Mallûwkîy (mal-loo-kee'); (Nehemiah 12:14), from ‎מָלַךְ‎; remnant

Malluch, Melichu (from the margin).

• § Malluch or Melicu = "counsellor"
• Malluk, the name of five Israelites

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

Extended Information

spelling of: מַלּוּךְ

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.4 also called Mallichi (Qere, KJV: Melicu; NIV: Malluk) at Neh.12.14
• Another spelling of mal.lukh (‎מ‎ַ‎ל‎ּ‎ו‎ּ‎ך‎ְ "Malluch" מַלּוּךְ)
• a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַלּוּךְ‎ proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Μαλωχ, Μαλουχ, etc.

1. Levites:
a. 1Chr 6:29*.
b. Neh 12:2 (priest ?).

2. various men:
a. Ezra 10:29.
b. Ezra 10:32.
c. Neh 10:5*.
d. Neh 10:28*.

‎מלוכי‎ Kt, ‎מְלִיכוּ‎ Qr proper name, masculine a priest Neh 12:14. ᵐ5 Μαλουχ, ᵐ5^L Μαλουκ.

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