Hebrew word · H4444

מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ

malki-

Malchi-shua

Appears 10 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49;

son of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293);

brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Merab (H4764) and Michal (H4324);

half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H)

§ Malchishua or Melchishua = "my king is wealth"

a son of king Saul of Israel

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

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 4

  1. 1 Samuel 14:49 וּמַלְכִּי־ שׁ֑וּעַ and Malki-, Shua

    Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

  2. 1 Samuel 31:2 מַלְכִּי־ שׁ֖וּעַ Malki-, Shua

    The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

1 Chronicles · 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:33 מַלְכִּי־ שׁ֔וּעַ Malki-, Shua

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:39 מַלְכִּי־ שׁ֔וּעַ Malki-, Shua

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

  3. 1 Chronicles 10:2 מַלְכִּי־ שׁ֖וּעַ Malki-, Shua

    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

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