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Strong H4601H4601Nמַעֲכָה

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 Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.29; married to Abiel (H22G);
mother of: Kish (H7027G), Ner (H5369G), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H283I), Zecher (H2144), Mikloth (H4732G)

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

Grandmother of Saul

Maacah, the mother of Kish, the father of Saul (1Ch.8.29; 9.35).

In the Bible

Strong H4601N appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maachah2

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:29
    And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:35
    And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
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