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
1. "
10. a mercenary people hired to fight David

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.