Person New Testament
Melchi
Also known as Melchi =ESV, KJV; Melki =NIV
Melchi, mentioned in Luke's genealogy of Jesus. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:24.
Why it matters. An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Melchi
Melchi is a name that appears in the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in the Gospel of Luke (Luk.3.24). He is listed as an ancestor of Jesus, but no additional information about him is provided in the biblical text. His name suggests he was likely of Jewish descent.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)