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Malluch

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Reigned over, or reigning.

2

A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr 6:44).

3

A priest who returned from Babylon (Neh 12:2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mal'-uk (mallukh, "counsellor"):

(1) A Levite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chr 6:44; compare 6:29).

(2) Son of Bani, among those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:29). He is a descendant of Judah (1 Chr 9:4) and is the Mamuchus of 1 Esdras 9:30.

(3) A descendant of Harim, who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:32).

(4) (5) Two who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh 10:4; Neh 10:27).

(6) Possibly the same as (4). One of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:2). Doubtless the Melicu of verse 14's margin.

Henry Wallace

See also

Person Malluch (1 Chr 6,44) Person Malluch (Ezr 10,29) Person Malluch (Ezr 10,32) Person Malluch (Neh 10,4)

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