MAHALALEL.1. Son of Kenan and great-grandson of Seth (Gen_5:12-13; Gen_5:15-17 [P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ] = 1Ch_1:2, Luk_3:37 Mahalaleel); = Mehujael in J [Note: Jahwist.] s list (Gen_4:18). 2. The son of Perez, who dwelt at Jerusalem after the Captivity (Neh_11:4).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ma-hā?la-lel (מהללאל, mahălal'ēl; the King James Version Mahalaleel, ma-ha'la-le-el, ma-hal'a-lel):
(1) Son of Cainan, the grandson of Seth (Gen_5:12 ff; 1Ch_1:2).
(2) The ancestor of Athaiah, one of the children of Judah who dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from exile (Neh_11:4).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.