Hebrew word · H4111

מַהֲלַלְאֵל

mahalal'el

Mahalalel

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.12;

son of: Kenan (H7018);

father of: Jared (H3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at Luk.3.37;

Also named: Maleleēl (Μαλελεήλ "Mahalaleel" G3121)

§ Mahalaleel = "praise of God"

1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth

2) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis · 5

Genesis 5:12 מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל׃ Mahalalel

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
Genesis 5:13 מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל Mahalalel

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:15 מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל Mahalalel

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
Genesis 5:16 מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל Mahalalel

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:17 מַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל Mahalalel

So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles · 1

Nehemiah · 1

Nehemiah 11:4 מַהֲלַלְאֵ֖ל Mahalalel

while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;

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