Strong H42582 sensesמַחֲלַת

Mahalath

Transliteration
machălath
Pronunciation
makh-al-ath'

Meaning of the name

Mahalath = "stringed instrument"

The 2 senses of Strong H4258

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4258 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Esau's wife, daughter of IshmaelH4258G1 verse · Genesis
  2. Rehoboam's wife, granddaughter of DavidH4258H1 verse · 2 Chronicles

General definition

The smae as H4257; sickness;
{Machalath} the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess: - Mahalath.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • mahalath2

First verses

  1. Genesis 28:9
    Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
  2. 2 Chronicles 11:18
    And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;