Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H4601
מַעֲכָה
Maakahmah-ak-aw'
Maacah
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Maʻăkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4601is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4601
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
The King James renders it: Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Maakah is rendered "Maacah". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Ten of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 22:24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis 22:24מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's twenty-three uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Maacah21
- and Maacah2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maaseh | deed: work | Uses236 |
| מַעֲלָל | maalal | deed | Uses41 |
| מַעֲלָה | maalah | thought | Uses32 |
| מַעֲשֵׂר | maaser | tithe | Uses32 |
| מַעֲרָכָה | maarakah | rank | Uses19 |
| מַעֲלֶה | maaleh | ascent | Uses18 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | west | Uses14 |
| מַעֲבָר | maabar | ford | Uses11 |
| מַעֲרֶכֶת | maareketh | row | Uses10 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | merchandise | Uses9 |
| מַעֲכָתִי | Maakathi | Maacathite | Uses8 |
| מַעֲנֶה | maaneh | answer | Uses7 |
and 19 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַעֲכָ֔ה5
- מַעֲכָ֖ה5
- מַעֲכָ֣ה2
- מַעֲכָה֙2
- מַעֲכָֽה׃2
- מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס2
- וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה1
- וּמַֽעֲכָת֙1
- מַֽעֲכָה֙1
- מַעֲכָ֤ה1
- מַעֲכָ֞ה1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)18HNpm
- proper noun (a name)3HNpl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
one use
Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
- מַעֲכָֽה׃ סmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Joshua
one use
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
- וּמַֽעֲכָת֙umaakhatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Maacah
2 Samuel
three uses
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;
- מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַֽעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- וּמַֽעֲכָ֔הumaakhahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Maacah
1 Kings
four uses
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.”
- מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָ֣הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
1 Chronicles
ten uses
Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
- מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָ֤הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,
- מַעֲכָֽה׃maakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
- מַעֲכָֽה׃maakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,
- מַעֲכָ֔הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָה֙maakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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;
- מַעֲכָֽה׃ סmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
2 Chronicles
four uses
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָ֣הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
- מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
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.
- מַעֲכָ֞הmaakhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Maacah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.