Strong's Lexicon Maakah or Maakath: Maakah or Maakath Original Word: מַעֲכָה Word Origin: Derived from the root עָכָה (akah), meaning "to press" or "to squeeze." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - 2 Samuel 3:3 (BSB): "His second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur." - 1 Chronicles 19:6 (BSB): "When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired out twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and twelve thousand men from Tob." - Deuteronomy 3:14 (BSB): "Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and he called it after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day." 10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Maakah or Maakath in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew context. Usage: The term "Maakah" or "Maakath" refers to both a person and a region in the Hebrew Bible. Cultural and Historical Background: As a personal name, it is used for several individuals, including a wife of King David and the mother of Absalom. As a geographical term, it denotes a small Aramean kingdom located near the Golan Heights, known as the land of Maacah. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom maak Definition an Isr. name, also a non-Isr. name, also a region in Syria NASB Translation Aram-maacah* (1), Maacah (21), Maacath (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַעֲכָה proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people 1. masculine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα: a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Genesis 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see 3. b. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1 Chronicles 11:43. c. Simeonite name 1 Chronicles 27:16. d. father of Achish 1 Kings 2:39 (see מָעוֺךְ above). 2. feminine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.: a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 Samuel 3:3 = 1 Chronicles 3:2. b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1 Kings 15:2; 2Chronicles 11:20,21,22; read also ׳מ2Chronicles 13:2 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ᵑ0 מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c). c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1 Kings 15:10, compare 1 Kings 15:13 2Chronicles 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau). d. concubine of Caleb according to 1 Chronicles 2:48. e. wife of Machir 1 Chronicles 7:16, compare 1 Chronicles 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 9:35. 3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2 Samuel 10:6,8 = 1 Chronicles 19:7, ׳אֲרַם מ 1 Chronicles 19:6 (compare Genesis 22:24 above); = מַעֲכָת Joshua 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה see below בַּיִת, p. 112 above, and אָבֵל, p. 5. מַעֲכָת see above מַעֲכָה 3 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Maachah, Maachathites Or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from ma'ak; depression; 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 -- Maachah, Maachathites. See also Beyth Ma'akah. see HEBREW ma'ak see HEBREW Beyth Ma'akah Forms and Transliterations וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה וּמַֽעֲכָת֙ ומעכה ומעכת מַֽעֲכָה֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה מַעֲכָ֖ה מַעֲכָ֞ה מַעֲכָ֣ה מַעֲכָ֤ה מַעֲכָֽה׃ מַעֲכָה֙ מעכה מעכה׃ ma‘ăḵāh ma·‘ă·ḵāh maaChah ū·ma·‘ă·ḵāh ū·ma·‘ă·ḵāṯ ūma‘ăḵāh ūma‘ăḵāṯ umaaChah umaaChatLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 22:24 HEB: תַּ֖חַשׁ וְאֶֽת־ מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס NAS: and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah. KJV: and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. INT: and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah Joshua 13:13 2 Samuel 3:3 2 Samuel 10:6 2 Samuel 10:8 1 Kings 2:39 1 Kings 15:2 1 Kings 15:10 1 Kings 15:13 1 Chronicles 2:48 1 Chronicles 3:2 1 Chronicles 7:15 1 Chronicles 7:16 1 Chronicles 8:29 1 Chronicles 9:35 1 Chronicles 11:43 1 Chronicles 19:6 1 Chronicles 19:7 1 Chronicles 27:16 2 Chronicles 11:20 2 Chronicles 11:21 2 Chronicles 11:22 2 Chronicles 15:16 23 Occurrences |
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