HebrewH4121Proper Noun (Masculine)
מַהֲרַי
ma.ha.ray
“Maharai”
3Occurrences
H4121Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Maharai, an Israelite
from H4116 (מָהַר); hasty;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at § Maharai = "impetuous" an inhabitant of Netophah in the tribe of Judah and one of David's mighty warriors
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
מַהֲרַי appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 11:30BSB
Maharai the Netophathite,Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
1 Chronicles 27:13BSB
The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
2 Samuel 23:28BSB
Zalmon the Ahohite,Maharai the Netophathite,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.