H4601 H4601
Maacah — proper name borne by several men, women, and a small Aramean territory near Hermon
One of the Bible's most reused personal names, Maacah (מַעֲכָה) is attached to at least ten distinct individuals and one geographic entity. Among the women, the most prominent is the Geshurite princess who married David and bore Absalom (2 Sam 3:3), and the queen mother whom King Asa deposed for her Asherah idol (1 Kgs 15:13). As a place name, Maacah denotes a small Aramean kingdom bordering Geshur east of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned alongside the Geshurites in Joshua 13:13 and the Syrians of Beth-maacah in 2 Samuel 10:6-8. Spanish and French consistently render it 'Maaca/Maacah,' reflecting the Septuagint's Μααχα.
Senses
1. Maacah (proper name, person/place) — Proper noun for multiple persons and one territory: Nahor's son via Reumah (Gen 22:24), David's Geshurite wife and mother of Absalom (2 Sam 3:3), and the queen mother deposed by Asa (1 Kgs 15:13). Geographically, the small Aramean principality south of Mount Hermon (Josh 13:13; 2 Sam 10:6). The Septuagint renders it Μααχα. 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)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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…