מַעֲשֵׂיָה

Strong’s Definition

Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ; from H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) and H3050 (יָהּ); work of Jah;

KJV Usage

Maaseiah.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a descendant of jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 2.a priest of the sons of harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 3.a priest of the sons of pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 4.a descendant of pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 5.father of azariah
• 6.one who stood on the right hand of ezra when he read the law to the people
• 7.a levite who assisted when ezra read the law to the people
• 8.one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with nehemiah
• 9.a benjamite ancestor of sallu
• 10.a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of jerusalem under ezra
• 11.another priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of jerusalem under ezra
• 12.father of zephaniah the prophet in the reign of zedekiah
• 13.father of zedekiah the false prophet in the time of jeremiah
• 14.a levite of the 2nd rank who david appointed to sound with psalteries on alamoth
• 15.son of adaiah and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of king joash of judah
• 16.an officer of high rank in the reign of king uzziah
• 17.son of king ahaz of judah who was killed by zichri in the invasion of judah by king pekah of israel
• 18.governor of jerusalem in the reign of josiah
• 19.son of shallum and a levite of high rand in the reign of king jehoiakim of judah
• 20.ancestor of baruch and seraiah and a priest

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Maʻăsêyâh; Pronunciation: mah-as-ay-yaw'