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Strong's #4601 - מַעֲכָה
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- Maachah = "oppression"
- n pr m
- father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon´s reign
- father of Hanan, one of David´s mighty warriors
- a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David
- son of Nahor by concubine Reumah
- n pr f
- daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom
- daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah
- concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron
- wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh
- wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon
- a mercenary people hired to fight David
- Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"
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a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Genesis 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see
3. b. father ofחָנָן, a hero of David 1 Chronicles 11:43.
c. Simeonite name 1 Chronicles 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1 Kings 2:39 (see מָעוֺךְ above).
2. feminineᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.:
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 Samuel 3:3 = 1 Chronicles 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20,21,22; read also ׳מ 2 Chronicles 13:2 (so ᵐ5ᵑ6) for ᵑ0מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1 Kings 15:10, compare 1 Kings 15:13 2 Chronicles 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1 Chronicles 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1 Chronicles 7:16, compare 1 Chronicles 7:15 (corrupt, see Be).
f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 9:35.
3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2 Samuel 10:6,8 = 1 Chronicles 19:7, ׳אֲרַם מ 1 Chronicles 19:6 (compare Genesis 22:24 above); = מַעֲכָת Joshua 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה see below בַּיִת, p. 112above, and אָבֵל, p. 5.
מַעֲכָת see above מַעֲכָה
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מַעֲכָה & מַעֲכָת Joshua 13:13 (“oppression”), [Maachah], pr.n.
(1) of a town and region at the foot of Hermon, near Geshur, a district of Syria (see גְּשׁוּר and גְּשׁוּרִי No. 1 ), 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8; Deuteronomy 3:13. Hence the neighbouring tract of Syria was called אֲרַם מַעֲכָה 1 Chronicles 19:6. Gent. noun מַעֲכָתִי Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5, 13:11 2 Kings 25:23. Comp. בֵּית מַעֲכָה and אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה.
(2) of several men
(a) 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Chronicles 11:43, 27:16 called also מָעוֹךְ, which see.
(b) Genesis 22:24 where however the sex is doubtful;-and of women, as
(c) the wife of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:2, 10:13 2 Chronicles 11:20 called also, 13:2, מִיכָיָהוּ.
(d) 2 Samuel 3:3.
(e) 1 Chronicles 2:48.
(f) 1 Chronicles 7:15, 16 1 Chronicles 7:16.
