Mareshah — the meaning of the Hebrew name מַרְאֵשָׁה

מַרְאֵשָׁה

Marʼêshâh · pronounced mar-ay-shaw' · Strong's H4762 · a place

Mareshah means summit.

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מַרְאָשָׁה marʼâshâh (formed like, H4761) — properly, headship, i.e. (plural for collective) dominion open in the lexicon ›

or מַרֵשָׁה; formed like H4761; summit; Mareshah, the name of two Israelites and of a place in Palestine.

Josh 15:44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: (KJV)

8 occurrences in 8 verses — Joshua, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Micah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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