What Does Luke 3:28 Mean in the King James?
Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The KJV supplies “son,” while Greek repeats “of,” making ancestry a chain of belonging in which Melchi quietly carries “my king” inside one link.
THE MEANING
Your life is not presented as a self-contained origin: this line shows identity traveling through relationships. The repeated names keep each link legible, even when the names carry little story on the surface. Melchi also carries the royal name-element “my king.”
THE ROOT
Μελχί
Melchí
GROWS FROM
Μελχ-
The Greek-letter name-stem Μελχ- (Melch-) preserves an inherited Semitic m-l-k name-family meaning “king” or “royal rule”; Melchi means “my king.”
“Melchi” in this verse is Melchí. The Greek gives only the name, but its sound carries “my king” beneath the surface. That royal element sits inside a line whose grammar keeps saying “of,” so identity here is both inherited and relational.
ALSO GROWS
Melchisedek: Melchisedec; the name is traditionally read as “king of righteousness.”
Μελχισεδέκ
Its opening Melch- shares the inherited king-name element, showing that the seed can live inside a personal name.
Malchos: Malchus; a Greek form of a Semitic name meaning “king.”
Μάλχος
Its consonants preserve the same name-family in another Greek-transmitted personal name, making the royal element audible without turning Melchi into a title.
THE PATTERN
A life is shown as a link in a chain of belonging that carries identity across generations.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.THE THREAD
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;Melchi (Μελχί, Melchí) and Melchisedec (Μελχισεδέκ, Melchisedek) share the inherited king-name element. That echo opens the meaning carried inside Luke’s otherwise unadorned name, without identifying the two people as the same person.
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