Lexical Definition

‎מַלְכִּיָּה‎ Malkîyâh (mal-kee-yaw') Malchijah ^N:N-M-P
or מַלְכִּיָּהוּ Malkîyâhûw (mal-kee-yaw'-hoo); (Jeremiah [38:6), from ‎מֶלֶךְ‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah

Malchiah, Malchijah.

• § Malchijah or Malchiah or Melchiah = "my king is Jehovah"
• Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites

1) the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah
2) the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast
3) the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of David
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
5) a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon
6) son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
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
8) son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah
9) a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.21.1
• father of: Pashhur (פַּשְׁחוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַלְכִּיָּהוּ‎ (only Jer 38:6), ‎מַלְכִּיָּה‎ proper name, masculine (my king is Yah; compare Gray^{Prop. N. 119 f., 146 and elsewhere}); — ᵐ5 Μελχ(ε)ια(ς). —

1. father of Pashhur Jer 21:1; Jer 38:1, compare 1Chr 9:12 (priest), Neh 11:12.

2. a prince Jer 38:6.

3. priests:
a. 1Chr 24:9.
b. Neh 12:42.

4. one of the sealed Neh 10:4* perhaps also Neh 8:4.

5. a Levite 1Chr 6:25*.

6. various men:
a. Ezra 10:25 a.
b. Ezra 10:25 b.
c. Ezra 10:31 = Neh 3:11.
d. Neh 3:14.
e. Neh 3:31.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Father of Pashhur • Son of Pashur, involved in plot against Jeremiah.

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Malchiah, son of Pashur, was involved in a plot against Jeremiah (Jer.38.1,6; 21.1).

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.21.1;
• referred to as Malchiah or Malchiah (KJV= Melchiah, NIV= Malkijah) מַלְכִּיָּה;
• father of Pashhur פַּשְׁחוּר.

Malchiah was the son of Pashur, a priest during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. He was one of the officials who heard Jeremiah's message in the temple court and reported it to the other officials. Later, Malchiah was among those who plotted against Jeremiah and had him thrown into a cistern, leaving him to die. However, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah from the cistern (Jeremiah 38:1, 6; 21:1).

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• Pashhur (child)