מַעֲכָה

ma.a.khahProper Noun (Masculine)H4601

Maacah

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

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

23 times

Appears 23 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Chronicles

1 Kings

2 Chronicles

2 Samuel

Genesis

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:43
1 Chronicles 27:16
1 Chronicles 8:29
1 Kings 15:13
2 Chronicles 11:22

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