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מַעֲכָה H4601

H4601 is the Hebrew word מַעֲכָה, transliterated Maʻăkâh and said mah-ak-aw'. The King James Version most often renders it maachah.

Word: מַעֲכָהTransliteration: MaʻăkâhSaid: mah-ak-aw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

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.

Where it comes from

or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600 (מָעַךְ); depression.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

maachah 15×maacah 3×maachathites 1×also maachah 1×out of syriamaachah 1×also concerning maachah 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).

Verses using מַעֲכָה

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Joshua 13:13 · KJV

Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

2 Samuel 3:3 · KJV

And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

2 Samuel 10:6 · KJV

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

2 Samuel 10:8 · KJV

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

1 Kings 2:39 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

1 Kings 15:2 · KJV

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:10 · KJV

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:13 · KJV

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

1 Chronicles 2:48 · KJV

Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 3:2 · KJV

The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

1 Chronicles 7:15 · KJV

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:16 · KJV

And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chronicles 8:29 · KJV

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:

1 Chronicles 9:35 · KJV

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,

1 Chronicles 11:43 · KJV

Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

1 Chronicles 19:6 · KJV

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 19:7 · KJV

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

1 Chronicles 27:16 · KJV

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

2 Chronicles 11:20 · KJV

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:21 · KJV

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

2 Chronicles 11:22 · KJV

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

2 Chronicles 15:16 · KJV

And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4601 mean?

H4601 is the Hebrew word מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh), meaning 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.

How is H4601 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it maachah (15 times), maacah (3 times), maachathites (1 time), also maachah (1 time), out of syriamaachah (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4601 appear in the Bible?

מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4601 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מַעֲכָת; (Joshua 13:13), from H4600 (מָעַךְ); depression.

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