H4601Hebrewmaʿăḵāh

מַעֲכָה

Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).

23
Total Occurrences
6
Books
23
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1(n pr m) father of achish, king of gath at the beginning of solomon's reign
  • 2father of hanan, one of david's mighty warriors
  • 3a simeonite, father of shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of david
  • 4son of nahor by concubine reumah
  • 5(n pr f) daughter of king talmai of geshur, wife or david, and mother of absalom
  • 6daughter of absalom, wife of king rehoboam of judah, and mother of king abijam of judah
  • 7concubine of caleb the son of hezron
  • 8wife of machir of the tribe of manasseh
  • 9wife of jehiel, father of gibeon
  • 10(n pr) a mercenary people hired to fight david

Etymology & Derivation

or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600 (מָעַךְ); depression;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Maʻăkâh; Pronunciation: mah-ak-aw'

See Also