Word Study · Strong's H4601 · Hebrew
מַעֲכָה
Maakah
mah-ak-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Maʻăkâh
“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”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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
Rendered in the KJV as
Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).
- 23occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 23 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- מַעֲכָ֔ה5
- מַעֲכָ֖ה5
- מַעֲכָ֣ה2
- מַעֲכָה֙2
- מַעֲכָֽה׃2
- מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס2
- וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה1
- וּמַֽעֲכָת֙1
- מַֽעֲכָה֙1
- מַעֲכָ֤ה1
- מַעֲכָ֞ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- Maacah16
- [was] Maacah5
- and Maacah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)18
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 18
- HNpl · 3
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Npm · 1
All 23, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles10 of 23 · 43%
- 1 Kings4 of 23 · 17%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 23 · 17%
- 2 Samuel3 of 23 · 13%
- Genesis1 of 23 · 4%
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Genesis1 occurrence
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:3מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;here: Maacah
- 2 Samuel 10:6מַֽעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.here: Maacah
- 2 Samuel 10:8וּמַֽעֲכָ֔הumaakhahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.here: and Maacah
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:39מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”here: Maacah
- 1 Kings 15:2מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.here: [was] Maacah
- 1 Kings 15:10מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.here: [was] Maacah
- 1 Kings 15:13מַעֲכָ֣הmaakhahproper noun (a name)He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.here: Maacah
1 Chronicles10 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:48מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 3:2מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 7:15מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.here: [was] Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 7:16מַעֲכָ֤הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 8:29מַעֲכָֽה׃maakhahproper noun (a name)Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,here: [was] Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 9:35מַעֲכָֽה׃maakhahproper noun (a name)Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.here: [was] Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 11:43מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 19:6מַעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 19:7מַעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.here: Maacah
- 1 Chronicles 27:16מַעֲכָֽה׃ סmaakhahproper noun (a name)These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;here: Maacah
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:20מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.here: Maacah
- 2 Chronicles 11:21מַעֲכָ֣הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.here: Maacah
- 2 Chronicles 11:22מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.here: Maacah
- 2 Chronicles 15:16מַעֲכָ֞הmaakhahproper noun (a name)King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.here: Maacah