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Mahalaleel
Praise of God. (1.) The son of Cainan, of the line of Seth (Gen 5:12–17); called Maleleel (Luke 3:37).
(2.) Neh 11:4, a descendant of Perez.
Named in the Bible
7 verses
- Genesis 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
- Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
- Genesis 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
- 1 Chronicles 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
- Nehemiah 11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
