mel - kı̄´as (Codex Vaticanus, Μελχείας , Melcheı́as , Codex Vaticanus (b), Codex Alexandrinus, Μελχίας , Melchı́as ): Name of three men who had taken "strange wives": (1) 1 Esdras 9:26 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:25 ). (2) 1 Esdras 9:32 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:31 ). (3) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when the law was read (1 Esdras 9:44) = "Malchijah" (Nehemiah 8:4 ), possibly identical with (1) or (2).
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