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HebrewH4641Proper Noun (Masculine)

מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ

ma.a.se.yah

22Occurrences
H4641Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites

or מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ; from H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) and H3050 (יָהּ); work of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Maaseiah = "work of Jehovah" 1) a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ) a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ) a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ) a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ) father of Azariah 6) one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people 7) a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people 8) one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah 9) a Benjamite ancestor of ) a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under ) another priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under ) father of Zephaniah the prophet in the reign of Zedekiah 13) father of Zedekiah the false prophet in the time of Jeremiah 14) a Levite of the 2nd rank who David appointed to sound with psalteries on Alamoth 15) son of Adaiah and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of king Joash of ) an officer of high rank in the reign of king Uzziah 17) son of king Ahaz of Judah who was killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by king Pekah of Israel 18) governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah 19) son of Shallum and a Levite of high rand in the reign of king Jehoiakim of ) ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah and a priest

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
7
Jeremiah
5
2 Chronicles
4
Ezra
4
1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:18BSB

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

2 Chronicles 28:7BSB

Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.

Ezra 10:22BSB

From the descendants of Pashhur:Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

Jeremiah 29:25BSB

this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:

Nehemiah 11:7BSB

From the descendants of Benjamin:Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

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