Μάλχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (méleḵ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mál.kʰos/ → /ˈmal.xos/ → /ˈmal.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mál.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.xos/

Proper noun

Μάλχος • (Málkhos) m (genitive Μάλχου); second declension

1. a male given name, Malchus, from Hebrew

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾰ́λχος; τοῦ Μᾰ́λχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰ́λχος ho Málkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰ́λχου toû Málkhou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰ́λχῳ tôi Málkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰ́λχον tòn Málkhon
Vocative	Μᾰ́λχε Málkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Malchus
• Italian: Malco
• Latin: Malchus
• Old Armenian: Մաղքոս (Małkʻos)

Further reading

• G3124 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible