מַעֲכָה

Strong’s Definition

Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

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

See Also