Melchi is a personal name appearing within Luke’s genealogical son-of sequence.

The attested form identifies a person within Luke’s genealogy, appearing in successive “son of” relationships in Luke 3:24 and Luke 3:28.

1. Personal name in a genealogy · dominant

   In Luke 3:24, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the sequence “the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Joseph.” In Luke 3:28, the same form occurs in “the son of Melchi, the son of Addi,” again marking the named person within the genealogy.

   Luke 3:24Luke 3:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Melchi” in both genealogical lines.