Strong's H4601 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh)

Pronunciation: mah-ak-aw'

Morphology: n-pr

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr f, n pr

Name Meaning: Maachah = "oppression"

Derivation: or מַעֲכָת (Maʻăkâth); (Joshua 13:13), from מָעַךְ (mâʻak) H4600; depression

Definition: 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

KJV Renderings: Maachah, Maachathites. See also בֵּית מַעֲכָה (Bêyth Maʻăkâh) H1038

Senses

1. father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign
2. father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors
3. a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David
4. son of Nahor by concubine Reumah
5. daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom
6. daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah
7. concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron
8. wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh
9. wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon
10. Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"
11. a mercenary people hired to fight David

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