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Strong H4601H4601Qמַעֲכָה

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 United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.2;
father of: Achish (H397); also called Maacah (KJV: Maachah; NIV: Maakah) at 1Ki.2.39;
Another name of ma.okh (מָעוֹךְ "Maoch" H4582)

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

Maoch

Father of Achish, king of Gath.

Maoch (or Maacah) was the father of Achish, king of Gath, to whom David fled (1Sa.27.2; 1Ki.2.39).

In the Bible

Strong H4601Q appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • maachah1

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 2:39
    And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
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