Strong H4601H4601Iמַעֲכָה

Maacah

Transliteration: ma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth
Pronunciation: {mah-ak-aw'} mah-ak-awth'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.3;
daughter of: Talmai (H8526H); married to David (H1732);
mother of: Absalom (H53)

Meaning of the name

Maachah = "oppression"

General definition

From H4600; 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 H1038 .

In the biblical story

Maacah

Daughter of Talmai; wife of David; mother of Absalom

Maacah, the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, was one of David's wives and the mother of Absalom (2Sa.3.3; 1Ch.3.2).

In the Bible

Strong H4601I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

maacah1
maachah1

First verses

2 Samuel 3:3
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: