Strong H4354מָכִירִי
Machirite
- Transliteration
- mâkîyrîy
- Pronunciation
- maw-kee-ree'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H4353; a Makirite or descendant of Makir: - of Machir.
Meaning of the name
Machirites = "a salesman"
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Machir who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23;
son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H761);
brother of: Asriel (H844H); married to Maacah (H4601M);
father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir
Group of ma.khir (מָכִיר "Machir" H4353)
son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H761);
brother of: Asriel (H844H); married to Maacah (H4601M);
father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir
Group of ma.khir (מָכִיר "Machir" H4353)
In the biblical story
Machir
Son of Manasseh; father (ie re-founder) of Gilead
Machir, the son of Manasseh, was the father (ie re-founder) of Gilead and a prominent figure in the tribe of Manasseh (Gen.50.23; Num.26.29; 27.1; 32.39,40; 36.1; Deu.3.15; Jos.13.31; 17.1,3; Jdg.5.14; 1Ch.2.21,23; 7.14,15,16,17).
In the Bible
Strong H4354 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- machirites1
First verses
- Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.