Maachah — the meaning of the Hebrew name מַעֲכָה

מַעֲכָה

Maʻăkâh · pronounced mah-ak-aw' · Strong's H4601 · a people · also spelled Maachathites

Maachah means depression.

Built from

מָעַךְ mâʻak (from, H4600) — to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handle open in the lexicon ›

בֵּית מַעֲכָה Bêyth Maʻăkâh (see also, H1038) — house of Maakah open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), 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.

First appearance

Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. (KJV)

Every verse that names Maachah

23 occurrences in 23 verses — Genesis, Joshua, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

Gen 22:24Josh 13:132Sam 3:32Sam 10:62Sam 10:81Kgs 2:391Kgs 15:21Kgs 15:101Kgs 15:131Chr 2:481Chr 3:21Chr 7:151Chr 7:161Chr 8:291Chr 9:351Chr 11:431Chr 19:61Chr 19:71Chr 27:162Chr 11:202Chr 11:212Chr 11:222Chr 15:16

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