Lexical Summary Maakah or Maakath: an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria Original Word: מַעֲכָהTransliteration: Maakah or Maakath Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ak-aw') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people; feminine; feminine; of a people Short Definition: an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria Meaning: Maacah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Israelite name, also a region in Syria Strong's Concordance Maachah, Maachathites Or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from ma'ak; 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 Beyth Ma'akah. see HEBREW ma'ak see HEBREW Beyth Ma'akah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4601. Maakah or Maakath מַעֲכָה proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people 1. masculine ᵐ5 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. feminine ᵐ5 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 ׳מ13:2 (so ᵑ6 ᵐ5) for מִיכָיָה ᵑ0, 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 15:13 2 Chronicles 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau). d. concubine of Caleb according to 1 Chronicles 2:48. e. wife of Machir 1 Chronicles 7:16, compare 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 8:29; 9:35. 3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2 Samuel 10:6, 8 = 1 Chronicles 19:7, מ ׳אֲרַם 19:6 (compare Genesis 22:24 above); = מַעֲכָת Joshua 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — מַעֲכָה בֵּית אָבֵל see below בַּיִת, p. 112 above, and אָבֵל, p. 5. מַעֲכָת see above מַעֲכָה 3 |
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