Bible Dictionary

Melchi

The name Melchi means “my king; my counsel”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

My king. (1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28). (2.) Luke 3:24.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(my king, my counsel).
  1. The son of Janna, and ancestor of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:24)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

mel'-ki (Tischendorf, Tregelles, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Melchei; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Melchi): The name of two ancestors of Jesus according to Luke's genealogy, one being in the 4th generation before Joseph, the husband of Mary, the other being in the 3rd generation before Zerubbabel (Lu 3:24,28).