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

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.32
• 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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • Descendant of Harim, who divorced his foreign wife.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Malluch, a descendant of Harim, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms (Ezr.10.32).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.32;
• only referred to as Malluch מַלּוּךְ.

Malluch was a man from the family of Harim who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community, Malluch and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezra 10:32).

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