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Malchiah
Malchijah, the Lord my king, or my counselor
מַלְכִּיָּהוּ mal.kiy.yah
Malchiah (Hebrew: מַלְכִּיָּהוּ, mal.kiy.yah) means “Malchijah, the Lord my king, or my counselor”, by traditional interpretation. It appears in 3 verses across 1 book of the Bible. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Gedaliah in Jeremiah 38.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Malchiah
son of Pashur
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 3 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Divided Kingdom
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | Jeremiah 21:1 |
| Last appears | Jeremiah 38:6 |
| Cross-references | 87 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Pashhur co-occurrence Appears with Pashhur in Jeremiah 38.
- Malchijah co-occurrence Appears with Malchijah in Jeremiah 38.
- Shelemiah co-occurrence Appears with Shelemiah in Jeremiah 38.
- Shephatiah co-occurrence Appears with Shephatiah in Jeremiah 38.
- Mattan co-occurrence Appears with Mattan in Jeremiah 38.
- Gedaliah co-occurrence Appears with Gedaliah in Jeremiah 38.
- Hammelech co-occurrence Appears with Hammelech in Jeremiah 38.
- Isaiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
Origin & meaning
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.21.1;
father of: Pashhur (H6583J)
§ Malchijah or Malchiah or Melchiah = "my king is Jehovah"
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
Malchiah, son of Pashur, was involved in a plot against Jeremiah.
The biblical story
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 (Jer.38.1, 6; 21.1).
Key verses
Malchiah appears in 3 verses. Here are some of the most notable:
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The 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 21:1 -
Then 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 38:1 -
Then 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.
Jeremiah 38:6
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Jeremiah (3)
- Jeremiah 21:1
- Jeremiah 38:1
- Jeremiah 38:6