Strong H4601H4601Kמַעֲכָה
Maacah
One of the 11 senses of Strong H4601
- Transliteration
- ma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth
- Pronunciation
- {mah-ak-aw'} mah-ak-awth'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.2;
daughter of: Uriel (H222I) and Tamar (H8559I); married to Rehoboam (H7346);
mother of: Abijah (H29I), Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019G); also called Micaiah (KJV: Michaiah) at 2Ch.13.2;
daughter of: Uriel (H222I) and Tamar (H8559I); married to Rehoboam (H7346);
mother of: Abijah (H29I), Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019G); also called Micaiah (KJV: Michaiah) at 2Ch.13.2;
Meaning of the name
Maachah = "oppression"
General definition
In the biblical story
Maacah
Daughter of Abishalom; wife of Rehoboam; mother of Abijah
Maacah, also known as Micaiah, the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom), was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah, king of Judah (1Ki.15.2,10,13; 2Ch.11.20-22; 13.2; 15.16).
In the Bible
Strong H4601K appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- maachah7
First verses
- 1 Kings 15:2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:13And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 11:20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 15:16And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.