Strong H4602מַעֲכָתִי
Maacathite
- Transliteration
- ma‛ăkâthîy
- Pronunciation
- mah-ak-aw-thee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H4601; a {Maakathite} or inhabitant of Maakah: - Maachathite.
Meaning of the name
Maachathite = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"
Detailed definition
Group of ma.a.khah (מַעֲכָה "Maacah" H4601R)
In the biblical story
Maacah
A region near Geshur
Maacah (Maacath), a region near Geshur (Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5).
In the Bible
Strong H4602 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- maachathite4
- maachathites3
- maachathi1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
- Joshua 12:5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
- Joshua 13:11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
- Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
- 2 Samuel 23:34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
- 2 Kings 25:23And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
- 1 Chronicles 4:19And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
- Jeremiah 40:8Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.