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Strong H4601H4601Lמַעֲכָה

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 womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.48; married to Caleb (H3612H);
mother of: Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724)

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

Caleb's concubine; mother of Sheber and Tirhanah

Maacah, Caleb's concubine, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah (1Ch.2.48).

In the Bible

Strong H4601L appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maachah1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:48
    Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
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