HebrewH4353Proper Noun (Masculine)

מָכִיר

ma.khir

20Occurrences
H4353Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Makir, an Israelite

from H4376 (מָכַר); salesman;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H0761); brother of: Asriel (H0844H); married to Maacah (H4601M); father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir Also named: ma.khi.ri (*מָכִירִי *"Machirite" H4354) § Machir = "sold" 1) eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family 2) son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מָכִיר appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
6
Numbers
5
2 Samuel
3
Joshua
3
Deuteronomy
1
Genesis
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:21BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 7:16BSB

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.

2 Samuel 9:5BSB

So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

Joshua 13:31BSB

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.

Numbers 27:1BSB

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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