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Strong H4601H4601Pמַעֲכָה

Maacah

One of the 11 senses of Strong H4601

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

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.16;
father of: Shephatiah (H8203J)

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

Father of Shephatiah, leader of the Simeonites under David

Maacah was the father of Shephatiah, the leader of the Simeonites during the reign of King David (1Ch.27.16).

In the Bible

Strong H4601P appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maachah1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:16
    Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
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