Strong H1038בֵּית מַעֲכָה

(Abel)-beth-maacah

Definition

From H1004 and H4601; house of Maakah;
{Beth-Maakah} a place in Palestine: - Beth-maachah.

Beth-maachah = "house of pressure"
a place in the northern kingdom
Combined with a.vel (אָבֵל "Abel" H59H)

Abel-beth-maacah

A city in northern Israel, also called Abel-maim.

Abel-beth-maacah, a fortified city in northern Israel, near Dan.

Strong H1038 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

2 Samuel 20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.