Malachi was a prophet his name meaning my messenger The message God delivered through him promised that the Lord would come to judge His people but that there would be One who would come before.

Malachi bible name meaning. My messenger my angel. Malachi which also means angel has biblical references as it is the name of the last prophet who features in the Old Testament. Dictionary of American Family Names 2013 Oxford University Press.

Nothing is known of him beyond what is contained in his book of prophecies. People were named after their qualities or. An Old Testament name with a Gaelic lilt Malachi entered the list in 1987.

Malachy 12th century was an Irish saint. From the Hebrew name Malachi name of a Biblical prophet meaning my messenger. Gods Love for Israel.

Malachi N H messenger or angel the last of the minor prophets and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon Malachi 44 Malachi 45 Malachi 46. The pseudo- name Malachi comes from the noun מלאך malak messenger which in turn comes from the verb לאך laak to act masterly or deal masterly with. A prophet and writer of the final book of the Old Testament.

This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament the author of the Book of Malachi which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. Abarim Publications Biblical Dictionary. Due to this fact he is known as the seal of the prophets.

856 This is buttressed by the observation that the 857. Since all the other prophetic books are named after a particular individual however it is likely that Malachi was indeed the authors name. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.