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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.
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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, H6370 whose name H8034 was Reumah, H7208 [fn]also H1571 bore H3205 Tebah H2875 and Gaham H1514 and Tahash H8477 and Maacah. H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, H4932 Chileab, H3609 by Abigail H26 the [fn]widow H802 of Nabal H5037 the Carmelite; H3761 and the third, H7992 Absalom H53 the son H1121 of Maacah, H4601 the daughter H1323 of Talmai, H8526 king H4428 of Geshur; H1650

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 odious H887 to David, H1732 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah, H6678 20,000 H6242 H505 foot H7273 soldiers, H7273 and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with 1,000 H505 men, H376 and the men H382 of Tob H382 with 12,000 H8147 H6240 H505 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - The sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 came H3318 out and drew H6186 up in battle H4421 array at the entrance H6607 of the [fn]city, H8179 while the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678 and of Rehob H7340 and the men H382 of Tob H382 and Maacah H4601 were by themselves H905 in the field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But it came H1961 about at the end H7093 of three H7969 years, H8141 that two H8147 of the servants H5650 of Shimei H8096 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah, H4601 king H4428 of Gath. H1661 And they told H5046 Shimei, H8096 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 your servants H5650 are in Gath.” H1661

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned H4427 three H7969 years H8141 in Jerusalem; H3389 and his mother’s H517 name H8034 was [fn]Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of [fn]Abishalom. H53

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - He reigned H4427 forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 in Jerusalem; H3389 and his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of Abishalom. H53

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - [fn]He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601 his mother H517 from being queen H1377 mother, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah; H842 and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid H4656 image H4656 and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, H4601 Caleb’s H3612 concubine, H6370 bore H3205 Sheber H7669 and Tirhanah. H8647

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third H7992 was Absalom H53 the son H1121 of Maacah, H4601 the daughter H1323 of Talmai H8526 king H4428 of Geshur; H1650 the fourth H7243 was Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith; H2294

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - Machir H4353 took H3947 a wife H802 for Huppim H2650 and Shuppim, H8206 [fn]whose sister’s H269 name H8034 was Maacah. H4601 And the name H8034 of the second H8145 was Zelophehad, H6765 and Zelophehad H6765 had H1961 daughters. H1323

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - Maacah H4601 the wife H802 of Machir H4353 bore H3205 a son, H1121 and she named H7121 H8034 him Peresh; H6570 and the name H8034 of his brother H251 was Sheresh, H8329 and his sons H1121 were Ulam H198 and Rakem. H7552

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:29 - Now in Gibeon, H1391 Jeiel, the father H1 of Gibeon H1391 lived, H3427 and his wife’s H802 name H8034 was Maacah; H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 - In Gibeon H1391 Jeiel H3262 the father H1 of Gibeon H1391 lived, H3427 and his wife’s H802 name H8034 was Maacah, H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:43 - Hanan H2605 the son H1121 of Maacah H4601 and Joshaphat H3092 the Mithnite, H4981

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves odious H887 to David, H1732 Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 1,000 H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia, H763 from Aram-maacah H758 H4601 and from Zobah. H6678

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired H7936 for themselves 32,000 H8147 H7970 H505 chariots, H7393 and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 and his people, H5971 who came H935 and camped H2583 before H6440 Medeba. H4311 And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 gathered H622 together from their cities H5892 and came H935 to battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - Now in charge H5921 of the tribes H7626 of Israel: H3478 chief H5057 officer H5057 for the Reubenites H7206 was Eliezer H461 the son H1121 of Zichri; H2147 for the Simeonites, H8099 Shephatiah H8203 the son H1121 of Maacah; H4601

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - After H310 her he took H3947 Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of [fn]Absalom, H53 and she bore H3205 him Abijah, H29 Attai, H6262 Ziza H2124 and Shelomith. H8019

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam H7346 loved H157 Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of Absalom H53 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 his other wives H802 and concubines. H6370 For he had taken H5375 eighteen H8083 H6240 wives H802 and sixty H8346 concubines H6370 and fathered H3205 twenty-eight H6242 H8083 sons H1121 and sixty H8346 daughters. H1323

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam H7346 appointed H5975 Abijah H29 the son H1121 of Maacah H4601 as head H7218 and leader H5057 among his brothers, H251 for he intended to make H4427 him king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah, H4601 the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa, H609 from the position of queen H1377 mother, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah, H842 and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid H4656 image, H4656 crushed H1854 it and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939
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