Malchi-shua
מַלְכִּישׁוּעַStrong’s H4444malkishua (mal-ki-shu-a)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malkishua is the Hebrew word usually translated “shua” and “malki-”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49
How it's translated
- shua 5
- malki- 4
- and malki- 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 3
- 1 Samuel 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 8:33And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
- 1 Chronicles 9:39And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
- 1 Chronicles 10:2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
Hebrew dictionary
מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ malkishua · Malchi-shua
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.