מָכִיר
ma.khir
“Machir”
Definition
Makir, an Israelite
from H4376 (מָכַר); salesman;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
מָכִיר appears 20 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan.All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
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