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Maharai — the meaning of the Hebrew name מַהֲרַי

מַהֲרַי

Mahăray · pronounced mah-har-ah'-ee · Strong's H4121 · a man

Maharai means hasty.

Built from

מָהַר mâhar (from, H4116) — properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H4116; hasty; Maharai, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Sam 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, (KJV)

Every verse that names Maharai

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

2Sam 23:281Chr 11:301Chr 27:13

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