Word Study · Strong's H4441 · Hebrew
מַלְכִּיָּה
Malkiah
mal-kee-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Malkîyâh
“Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Malchiah, Malchijah.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃3
- וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה2
- מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה2
- מַלְכִּיָּ֣ה2
- וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה1
- וּמַלְכִּיָּה֙1
- לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙1
- מַלְכִּיָּה֙1
- מַלְכִּיָּ֔ה1
- מַלְכִּיָּ֖ה1
- מַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּ1
How it is rendered · 3
- Malkijah11
- and Malkijah4
- to Malkijah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)11
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 11
- HC/Npm · 4
- HR/Npm · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:40מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃malkiyahproper noun (a name)Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,here: Malkijah
- 1 Chronicles 9:12מַלְכִּיָּ֑הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;here: Malkijah
- 1 Chronicles 24:9לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙lemalkiyahpreposition + proper noun (a name)the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,here: to Malkijah
Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 10:25וּמַלְכִּיָּה֙umalkiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.here: and Malkijah
- Ezra 10:25וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖הumalkiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.here: and Malkijah
- Ezra 10:31מַלְכִּיָּ֖הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Harim:here: Malkijah
Nehemiah7 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:11מַלְכִּיָּ֣הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.here: Malkijah
- Nehemiah 3:14מַלְכִּיָּ֣הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.here: Malkijah
- Nehemiah 3:31מַלְכִּיָּה֙malkiyahproper noun (a name)Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.here: Malkijah
- Nehemiah 8:4וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛הumalkiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.here: and Malkijah
- Nehemiah 10:3מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃malkiyahproper noun (a name)Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,here: Malkijah
- Nehemiah 11:12מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃malkiyahproper noun (a name)and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men;here: Malkijah
- Nehemiah 12:42וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖הumalkiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.here: and Malkijah
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 21:1מַלְכִּיָּ֔הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,here: Malkijah
- Jeremiah 38:1מַלְכִּיָּ֑הmalkiyahproper noun (a name)Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:here: Malkijah
- Jeremiah 38:6מַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּmalkiyahuproper noun (a name)So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.here: Malkijah