Malachi

Malachi
The Prophet Malachi, painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1310 (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena Cathedral).

Malachi, Malachias or Mal'achi (play /ˈmælək/; Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי, Modern Mal'akhi Tiberian Malʼāḵî ; "My Messenger", see malakh) was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He had two brothers, Nathaniel and Josiah. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim (prophets) section in the Jewish Tanakh. In the Christian Old Testament, the Prophetic Books are placed last, making Book of Malachi the last Old Testament book before the New Testament. No allusion is made to him by Ezra, however, and he does not directly mention the restoration of the temple. The editors of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia implied that he prophesied after Haggai and Zechariah (Malachi 1:10; 3:1, 3:10) and speculated that he delivered his prophecies about 420 BC, after the second return of Nehemiah from Persia (Book of Nehemiah13:6), or possibly before his return, comparing Malachi 2:8 with Nehemiah 13:15; Malachi 2:10-16 with Nehemiah 13:23).

According to the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary, it is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, but simply means "messenger of YHWH".[1] The Septuagint superscription is ὲν χειρὶ ἀγγήλου αὐτοῦ, (by the hand of his messenger).

See also

  • Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

References

  1. ^ Malachi at the Easton's Bible Dictionary

External links


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  • Malachi — [mal′ə kī΄] n. [Heb mal ākhī, lit., my messenger] Bible 1. a Hebrew prophet of the 5th cent. B.C. 2. the book containing prophecies attributed to him: abbrev. Mal or Mi …   English World dictionary

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  • Malachi — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mal ākhī Date: 14th century 1. a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see bible table 2. used as the conventional name for the unidentified fifth century B.C. writer of the book of Malachi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Malachi 1 — 1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Malachi — Mal·a·chi || mælÉ™kaɪ n. minor Biblical prophet of the 5th century BC; book of the Old Testament named for the prophet Malachi; male first name …   English contemporary dictionary

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