Descendant of Harim, who divorced his foreign wife.
Malluch
Named in 1 verse of Ezra, first in Ezra 10:32.
מַלּוּךְMalluch
The name means “reigning; counseling.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Malluch Written by AI
Malluch was a man from the family of Harim who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community, Malluch and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezra 10:32).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Malluch, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
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).
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(3.) Ezra 10:29. (4.) Ezra 10:32
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Ezra 10:32
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.