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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מַעֲכָה
מַעֲכָה
H4601
Transliteration: Maʻăkâh
Pronunciation: mah-ak-aw'
Definition: Maachah
Original: מעכת מעכה Transliteration: ma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth Phonetic: mah-ak-aw'
BDB Definition:
Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"- father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign (noun proper masculine)
- father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors (noun proper masculine)
- a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David (noun proper masculine)
- son of Nahor by concubine Reumah (noun proper masculine)
- daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife of David, and mother of Absalom (noun proper feminine)
- daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah (noun proper feminine)
- concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron (noun proper feminine)
- wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh (noun proper feminine)
- wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon (noun proper feminine)
- a mercenary people hired to fight David (noun proper)