Melchi (ISBE)

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mel´kı̄ (Tischendorf, Tregelles, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Μελχεί , Melcheı́ ; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Μελχί , Melchı́ ): 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 3generation before Zerubbabel ( Luke 3:24 , Luke 3:28 ).