Senses
1. Maacah (proper name, person/place) — A proper name used for multiple individuals and one geographic region in the Hebrew Bible: (1) a concubine of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:48); (2) the wife of Machir (1 Chronicles 7:15-16); (3) the mother of Absalom and daughter of Talmai king of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:2); (4) the father of Achish king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39); (5) the wife/mother of Rehoboam/Abijam (1 Kings 15:2, 10, 13; 2 Chronicles 11:20-22, 13:2, 15:16); (6) the father of Hanan (1 Chronicles 11:43); (7) the father of Shephatiah (1 Chronicles 27:16); (8) an Aramean kingdom near Hermon (2 Samuel 10:6-8; 1 Chronicles 19:6-7). Transliterations: Arabic مَعْكَة (Ma'kah), Spanish 'Maaca/Maacah', Hindi माकाह/माका (Maakah/Maaka), Korean 마아가 (Maaga), Swahili 'Maaka'. All clusters (bare name, with conjunctive waw) are inflectional, not semantic distinctions. 23×
AR["مَعكَة","مَعكَةَ","مَعَكَة","مَعَكَةَ","مَعْكَةَ","مَعْكَةُ"]·ben["মাকা","মাকার","মাখা","মাখাকে","মাখার"]·DE["Maacah","Maacha","Maakah"]·EN["Ma'akhah","Maacah","Maakah","Maakhah"]·FR["Maaca","Maacah","Maakah"]·heb["מעכה"]·HI["माका","माकाह","माकाह-का","माकाह-के","माकाह-को","माकाह-से"]·ID["-Maakha","Maakha","anak-perempuan","untuk-pemimpin"]·IT["Maaca","Maacah","Maakah"]·jav["Maaka","Maakha"]·KO["마아가","마아가-는","마아가-의","마아가를","마아가의"]·PT["Ma'akah","Ma'akhah","Maacah","Maachah","Maacá","Maakhah"]·RU["Калева","Мааха","Маахи","Мааху"]·ES["Maaca","Maacah","Maajah","Maakah"]·SW["Maaka"]·TR["Maaka","Maaka'dan","Maaka'nın","Maaka'yı","Maakhah"]·urd["معکاہ-کا","معکہ","معکہ-نے","معکہ-کا","معکہ-کے"]
Gen 22:24, Josh 13:13, 2 Sam 3:3, 2 Sam 10:6, 2 Sam 10:8, 1 Kgs 2:39, 1 Kgs 15:2, 1 Kgs 15:10, 1 Kgs 15:13, 1 Chr 2:48, 1 Chr 3:2, 1 Chr 7:15 (+11 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַעֲכָה n.pr.m., f. et gent. 1. n.pr.m. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα: a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Gn 22:22 (J), ancestor of people v. 3. b. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1 Ch 11:43. c. Simeonite name 1 Ch 27:16. d. father of Achish 1 K 2:39 (v. מָעוֹךְ supra). 2. n.pr.f. 𝔊 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.: a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2 S 3:3=1 Ch 3:2. b. daughter of…