Malchiel

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Malchiel. The eponym of an Asherite family (  Genesis 46:17 ,   Numbers 26:45 ,   1 Chronicles 7:31 ). The gentilic name Malchielites occurs in   Numbers 26:45 .

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The son of Beriah. ( Numbers 26:45) God is my king. I cannot forbear remarking, that how soever some, yea, many of the Hebrews answered to their names, yet it was much to the honour of their fathers, to remind themselves and their children by those names, of the Lord God of Israel.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 46:17 Numbers 26:45 1 Chronicles 7:31

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 26:45. Father, i.e. founder, of Birzavith ( 1 Chronicles 7:31).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Malkiel', מִלְכַּיאֵל , king of God; Sept. Μελχιήλ ), the second of the two sons of Beriah, son of Asher ( Genesis 46:17); he became the "father" (? founder) of Birzavith ( 1 Chronicles 7:31), and his descendants bore his name ( Numbers 26:45). B.C. 1856. ‘"Josephus (Ant. 2:7, 4) reckons him with Heber among the six sons of Asher, thus making up the number of Jacob's children and grandchildren to seventy, without reckoning great-grandchildren."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mal´ki - el ( מלכּיאל , malkı̄'ēl , "God is king"): Grandson of Asher (  Genesis 46:17;  Numbers 26:45;  1 Chronicles 7:31 ).