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Malluch

8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

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In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references

Reigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44).

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

(3.) Ezra 10:29. (4.) Ezra 10:32

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
(counsellor).
  1. A Levite of the family of Merari, and ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 6:44)
  2. One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:29) and
  3. One of the descendants of Harim, (Ezra 10:32) who had married foreign wives.
  4. A priest or family of priests. (Nehemiah 10:4) and
  5. One of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:27)
  6. One of the families of priests who returned with Zerubbabel, (Nehemiah 12:2) probably the same as No. 4.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references

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

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

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

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

(4) (5) Two who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Ne 10:4,27).

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

Henry Wallace

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 6 references, grouped by sub-topic
  • 1. A Merarite Levite 1Ch 6:44
  • 2. Son of Bani, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity Ezr 10:29
  • 3. One of the family of Harim, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity Ezr 10:32
  • 4. A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah Ne 10:4; 12:2
  • 5. A chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah Ne 10:27

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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