MALLUCH mal'-uk (mallukh, "counsellor"): (1) A Levite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 9:4) and is the Mamuchus of 1 Esdras 9:30. (3) A descendant of Harim, who married a foreign wife (E

MALLOS mal'-os, See MALLUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALLOS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MALLOTHI mal'-o-thi, ma-lo'-thi (mallothi, "my discourse"): Son of Heman, a Kohathite singer (1 Chronicles 6:33; 25:4). The song service in the house of the Lord was apportioned by David and the captains of the host to the 3 families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun (1 Chronicles 25:1). Their place in the "courses" was, however, settled by "lot" (1 C

MALELEEL ma-le'-le-el, mal'-e-lel (Maleleel, the King James Version): Greek form of "Mahalalel" (Luke 3:37); the Revised Version (British and American) "Mahalaleel." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALELEEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".

MALICE, MALIGNITY mal'-is, ma-lig'-ni-ti (kakia, poneros, kakoetheia): "Malice," now used in the sense of deliberate ill-will, by its derivation means badness, or wickedness generally, and was so used in Older English. In the Apocrypha it is the translation of kakia, "evil," "badness" (The Wisdom of Solomon 12:10,20; 16:14; 2 Macc 4:50, the Revise

MALE mal (1) zakhar, zakhar, zakhur (the root means "to stand out," "to be prominent," here a physiological differentiation of the sex, as neqebhah, "female," which see); (2) 'ish literally, "man"; (3) by circumlocution, only in the books of Samuel and Kings, mashtin beqir; ouron pros toichon, which the Revised Version (British and American) eup

MALEFACTOR mal-e-fak'-ter (kakopoios, "a bad doer," i.e. "evildoer," "criminal"; kakourgos, "a wrongdoer"): The former occurs in John 18:30 the King James Version, the latter, which is the stronger term, in Luke 23:32,39. The former describes the subject as doing or making evil, the latter as creating or originating the bad, and hence, designates

MALCHIRAM mal-ki'-ram (malkiram, "uplifted king"): Son of Jeconiah, descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:18). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALCHIRAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MALCHUS mal'-kus (Malchos, from melekh, i.e. "counselor" or "king"): The name of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas whose right ear was smitten off by Simon Peter at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (compare Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:50; John 18:10). It is noteworthy that Luke "the physician" alone gives an account of

MALCHIELITES mal'-ki-el-its (malki'eli): Descendants of Malchiel (Numbers 26:45). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALCHIELITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MALCHIJAH mal-ki'-ja (malkiyah, "Yah is king"; Melcheias, with variants): (1) A Levite, descendant of Gershom, of those whom David set over the "service of sting" in the worship (1 Chronicles 6:40). (2) The head of the 5th course of priests (1 Chronicles 24:9). (3) One of the laymen who had taken "strange wives" during the exile (Ezra 10:25); th

MALCHIAH mal-ki'-a. See MALCHIJAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALCHIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MALCHIEL mal'-ki-el (malki'el, "God is king"): Grandson of Asher (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALCHIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MALCAM mal'-kam (malkam, "their king"; the King James Version Maleham): (1) A chief of the Benjamites, son of Shaharaim (1 Chronicles 8:9). (2) The name of an idol as well as the possessive pronominal form of melekh, "king" (2 Samuel 12:30 the Revised Version margin; Jeremiah 49:1,3 Septuagint Melchol); Zec 1:5). In Amos 1:15 it appears to be bes

MALCHI-SHUA mal-ki-shoo'-a (malkishua`, "my king saves"): One of the sons of Saul (1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2, the King James Version "Melchishua"; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39). He was slain by the Philistines with his brothers at the battle of Gilboa (1 Chronicles 10:2; 1 Samuel 31:2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Informa

MALACHI mal'-a-ki: 1. Name of the Prophet 2. The Prophet's Times 3. Contents 4. Style 5. Message LITERATURE 1. Name of the Prophet: The last book of the Old Testament. Nothing is known of the person of Malachi. Because his name does not occur elsewhere, some scholars indeed doubt whether "Malachi" is intended to be the personal name of the

MALACHY mal'-a-ki: Another form of the name of the prophet "Malachi" (which see), found in the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version of 2 Esdras 1:40. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MALACHY'". "International Standard Bible En

MAKHELOTH mak-he'-loth, mak-he'-loth (maqheloth, "assemblies"): A desert camp of the Israelites between Haradah and Tahath (Numbers 33:25,26). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MAKHELOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

MAKKEDAH ma-ke'-da (maqqedhah; Makeda): A Canaanite royal city which Joshua captured, utterly destroying the inhabitants, and doing to the king as he had done unto the king of Jericho (Joshua 10:28; 12:16). It lay in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:41). It was brought into prominence by the flight thither of the 5 kings of the Amorites who, havi

MAKER ma'-ker. See MAKE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MAKER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.