Strong's #4601: Ma`akah (pronounced mah-ak-aw')
or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from 4600; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman:--Maachah, Maachathites. See also 1038.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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ma‛ăkâh / ma‛ăkâth
Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"
1) father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon' s reign (noun proper masculine)
2) father of Hanan, one of David' s mighty warriors (noun proper masculine)
3) a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David (noun proper masculine)
4) son of Nahor by concubine Reumah (noun proper masculine)
5) daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife of David, and mother of Absalom (noun proper feminine)
6) daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah (noun proper feminine)
7) concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron (noun proper feminine)
8) wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh (noun proper feminine)
9) wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon (noun proper feminine)
10) a mercenary people hired to fight David (noun proper)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Usage:
This word is used 23 times:
Genesis 22:24: "Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah."
Joshua 13:13: "the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until"
2 Samuel 3:3: "and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;"
2 Samuel 10:6: "thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve"
2 Samuel 10:8: "of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field."
1 Kings 2:39: "ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told"
1 Kings 15:2: "he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:10: "he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:13: "And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because"
1 Chronicles 2:48: " Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah."
1 Chronicles 3:2: "The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur:"
1 Chronicles 7:15: "and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad"
1 Chronicles 7:16: " And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh;"
1 Chronicles 8:29: "of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:"
1 Chronicles 9:35: "Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:"
1 Chronicles 11:43: "Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,"
1 Chronicles 19:6: "out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah."
1 Chronicles 19:7: "thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before"
1 Chronicles 27:16: "of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:"
2 Chronicles 11:20: "And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bore him"
2 Chronicles 11:21: "And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all"
2 Chronicles 11:22: "Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for"
2 Chronicles 15:16: "And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen,"
