Definition

Malkiel, an Israelite

Etymology

from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) and H410 (אֵל); king of (i.e. appointed by) God;

Word family

• מֶלֶךְ melek
• אֵל ʼêl

How the KJV renders it

• Malchiel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.