Bible Names

Malchiel: meaning of the name

Malchiel means “God is my king, or counselor.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Malchiel in Hebrew and Greek

מַלְכִּיאֵל H4439

Malkîyʼêl (mal-kee-ale') — Malkiel, an Israelite

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

Who named Malchiel in the Bible

Malchiel in Scripture

“Malchiel” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 46:17

    And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

  • Numbers 26:45

    Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:31

    And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.