of Hebrew origin (מֶ֫לֶך); Malchus, an Israelite: Malchus.
(מֶלֶך Grecized; cf. Delitzsch in the Zeitschr. f. Luth. Theol., 1876, p. 605), Μαλχου, ὁ, Malchus, a servant of the high priest: B. D., under the word.)