Strong H4271מַחְסֵיָה

Mahseiah

Transliteration
machsêyâh
Pronunciation
makh-say-yaw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H4268 and H3050; refuge of (that {is} in) Jah;
{Machsejah} an Israelite: - Maaseiah.

Meaning of the name

Maaseiah = "Jehovah is a shelter"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.32.12;
father of: Neriah (H5374)

In the biblical story

Mahseiah

Grandfather of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe.

Mahseiah was the grandfather of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe (Jer.32.12; 51.59).

In the Bible

Strong H4271 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maaseiah2

First verses

  1. Jeremiah 32:12
    And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
  2. Jeremiah 51:59
    The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
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