HebrewH4582Proper Noun (Masculine)

מָעוֹךְ

ma.okh

“Maoch”

1Occurrences

H4582Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Maok, a Philistine

from H4600 (מָעַךְ); oppressed;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Achish (H0397); also called Maacah (KJV: Maachah; NIV: Maakah) at ; Also named: ma.a.khah (*מַעֲכָה *"Maacah" H4601Q) § Maoch = "oppression" father of king Achish of Gath with whom David took refuge

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מָעוֹךְ appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel

Key Passages

1 Samuel 27:2BSB

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

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