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Strong H4601H4601Mמַעֲכָה

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 Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.15;
daughter of: Ir (H5893G);
sister of: Shuppim (H8206G) and Huppim (H2650G); married to Machir (H4353G);
mother of: Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329)

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

Sister of Huppim and Shuppim; mother of Peresh and Sheresh

Maacah, the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, was the wife of Machir and mother of Peresh and Sheresh (1Ch.7.15,16).

In the Bible

Strong H4601M appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maachah2

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:15
    And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:16
    And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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