Word Study · Strong's H4287 · Hebrew
מַחַת
Machath
makh'-ath
“Machath, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Machath, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Mahath.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּמַ֖חַת1
- מַ֖חַת1
- מַ֣חַת1
How it is rendered · 2
- Mahath2
- and Mahath1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
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Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 29:12מַ֣חַתmachatproper noun (a name)Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;here: Mahath
- 2 Chronicles 31:13וּמַ֖חַתumachatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.here: and Mahath