noun · masculine
melchi
GreekΜελχί (melchi)
Strong’sG3197
Melchi
stem melchi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μελχεί (Rec. -χί), indecl., ὁ (Heb. מַלְכִּי),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3197 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmel-khee'
Melchi (i.e. Malki), the name of two Israelites
Fromof Hebrew origin ( with pronominal suffix, my king);
King JamesMelchi.
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 | melchi | melchi |
| object accusative | melchi | melchi |
| direct address vocative | melchi | melchi |
| of, belonging to genitive | melchi2×Μελχὶ | melchi |
| to, for dative | melchi | melchi |
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
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
melchi“Melchi”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 3:24“Melchi”tou Maththat tou Leviou tou Melchi tou Iannai tou Iōsēfthe son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
Luke 3:28“Melchi”tou Melchi tou Addi tou Kōsam tou Elmadam tou Ērthe son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,