mel-kı̄´as (Codex Vaticanus, ΜελχειÌας, MelcheıÌas, Codex Vaticanus (b), Codex Alexandrinus, ΜελχιÌας, MelchıÌas): Name of three men who had taken “strange wivesâ€:
(1) 1 Esdras 9:26 = “Malchijah†().
(2) 1 Esdras 9:32 = “Malchijah†().
(3) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when the law was read (1 Esdras 9:44) = “Malchijah†(), possibly identical with (1) or (2).