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HebrewH4601Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַעֲכָה

ma.a.khah

23Occurrences
H4601Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600 (מָעַךְ); depression;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at ; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Tahash (H8477); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Maachah = "oppression" son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַעֲכָה appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
10
1 Kings
4
2 Chronicles
4
2 Samuel
3
Genesis
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:43BSB

Hanan son of Maacah,Joshaphat the Mithnite,

1 Chronicles 27:16BSB

These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel:Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri;over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;

1 Chronicles 8:29BSB

Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

1 Kings 15:13BSB

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 11:22BSB

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.