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Strong's #4287 - מַחַת

Transliteration

Machath

Phonetics

makh'-ath

Origin

probably from (H4229)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Mahath = "grasping"
1. a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

BSB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

CSB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

ESV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

KJV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

LEB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

LSB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

N95 (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

NAS (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַ֫חַת proper name, masculine (perhaps from מַחֲתֶה thing seized) — Levites:

a. 1 Chronicles 6:20, ᵐ5 Μεθ, A Μααθ, ᵐ5^L Αμιωθ.

b. 2 Chronicles 29:12; 31:13, ᵐ5 Μααθ, Μαεθ, ᵐ5^L Μααθ, Ααθ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַחַת (abbreviated from מַחְתֶּה, “taking hold,” “seizing”), [Maheth], pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 6:20; 2 Chronicles 29:12, 31:13.

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List of Word Forms

וּמַ֖חַת ומחת מַ֖חַת מַ֣חַת מחת ma·ḥaṯ Machat maḥaṯ ū·ma·ḥaṯ uMachat ūmaḥaṯ