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Lexicon :: Strong's H4601 - maʿăḵâ

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מַעֲכָה
Transliteration
maʿăḵâ
Pronunciation
mah-ak-aw'
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Part of Speech
proper noun, proper feminine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲכָה Maʻăkâh, mah-ak-aw'; or מַעֲכָת Maʻăkâth; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman:—Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4601 in the following manner: Maachah (18x), Maacah (3x), Maachathites (1x), Syriamaachah (with H758) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4601 in the following manner: Maachah (18x), Maacah (3x), Maachathites (1x), Syriamaachah (with H758) (1x).

  1. Maachah = "oppression"

    proper masculine noun

    1. father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign

    2. father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors

    3. a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David

    4. son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

      proper feminine noun

    5. daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom

    6. daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah

    7. concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron

    8. wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh

    9. wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon

      proper noun

  2. Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"

    1. a mercenary people hired to fight David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲכָה Maʻăkâh, mah-ak-aw'; or מַעֲכָת Maʻăkâth; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman:—Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038.
STRONGS H4601: Abbreviations
† מַעֲכָה proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people.
1. proper name, masculine Greek Version of the LXX Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα:
a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Genesis 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see 3.
b. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1 Chronicles 11:43.
c. Simeonite name 1 Chronicles 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1 Kings 2:39 (see מָעוֺךְ above).
2. proper name, feminine Greek Version of the LXX Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.:
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 Samuel 3:3 = 1 Chronicles 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20, 21, 22; read also מ׳ 2 Chronicles 13:2 (so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version) for MT מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1 Kings 15:10, compare 1 Kings 15:13 2 Chronicles 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmpin Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1 Chronicles 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1 Chronicles 7:16, compare 1 Chronicles 7:15 (corrupt, see Be).
f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 9:35.
3. proper name of a people, Greek Version of the LXX Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Ṣoba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2 Samuel 10:6, 8 = 1 Chronicles 19:7, אֲרַם מ׳ H758 1 Chronicles 19:6 (compare Genesis 22:24 above); = מַעֲכָת Joshua 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), Greek Version of the LXX ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה see below H1004 בַּיִת, and H59 אָבֵל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:22; 22:24

Joshua

13:13

2 Samuel

3:3; 10:6; 10:8

1 Kings

2:39; 15:2; 15:10; 15:13

1 Chronicles

2:48; 3:2; 7:15; 7:16; 8:29; 9:35; 11:43; 19:6; 19:7; 27:16

2 Chronicles

11:20; 11:21; 11:22; 13:2; 15:16

H4601

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Strong's Number H4601 matches the Hebrew מַעֲכָה (maʿăḵâ),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:24 - His concubine, whose name was Reumah, [fn]also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah. H4601

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath H4601 live among Israel until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the [fn]widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, H4601 the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah H4601 with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the [fn]city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah H4601 were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, H4601 king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Maacah H4601 the daughter of [fn]Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah H4601 the daughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - [fn]He also removed Maacah H4601 his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, H4601 Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, H4601 the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, [fn]whose sister’s name was Maacah. H4601 And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - Maacah H4601 the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:29 - Now in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah; H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 - In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah, H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:43 - Hanan the son of Maacah H4601 and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah H4601 and from Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots, and the king of Maacah H4601 and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - Now in charge of the tribes of Israel: chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - After her he took Maacah H4601 the daughter of [fn]Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maacah H4601 the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah H4601 as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - He also removed Maacah, H4601 the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.
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