noun · masculine
malchos
GreekΜάλχος (malchos)
Strong’sG3124
Malchus
stem malch-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μάλχος, -ου, ὁ (Hellenistic form of Heb. מֶלֶךְ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3124 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmal'-khos
Malchus, an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesMalchus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | malchos1×Μάλχος | malchois |
| object accusative | malchon | malchoin |
| direct address vocative | malchor | malchoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | malchou | malchoiu |
| to, for dative | malcho | malchoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
malcho is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
malchos“Malchus”subjectnominative singular1×
John 18:10“Malchus”Simōnos oun Petros echarōtos machairan helkata autan kai paiata ton tou archierevou doulon kai apokoptata autou tem ōtariem tem dexem. ate de onomem to doulo Malchos.Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.