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Μαλελεήλ
Maleleēl
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N:N-M-P Greek

Mahalaleel

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Maleleel is used as a personal name within a father-to-son genealogy.

Maleleel is attested as a masculine singular genitive personal name in a genealogy, marking a person in the sequence of descent in Luke 3:37.

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  1. Personal name in a genealogy · dominant

    In Luke 3:37, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the repeated descent formula; the APB renders the sequence "the son of Enoch, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan," placing this name between Enoch and Cainan.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 3:37, the APB presents the name as "Mahalaleel" within a repeated "the son of" genealogical sequence.

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