MALCHIAH. 1. A priest, the father of Pashhur ( Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1 ), same as Malchijah of 1 Chronicles 9:12 , Nehemiah 11:12 . Nehemiah 11:2 . A member of the royal family, to whom belonged the pit-prison into which Jeremiah was let down ( Jeremiah 38:6 ).