{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4601",
  "lemma": "מַעֲכָה",
  "transliteration": "Maʻăkâh",
  "definition": "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",
  "kjv": "Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).",
  "occurrences": 23,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H4600",
      "lemma": "מָעַךְ",
      "transliteration": "mâʻak",
      "meaning": "to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handle",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4600"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַעֲכָה n.pr.m., f. et gent.",
    "1. n.pr.m.",
    "a. son of Nahor by his concubine",
    "b. father of חָנָן, a hero of David",
    "c. Simeonite name",
    "d. father of Achish",
    "2. n.pr.f.",
    "a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom",
    "b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam",
    "c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom",
    "d. concubinr of Caleb",
    "e. wife of Machir",
    "f. wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon",
    "3. n.pr.gent. dwelling W. of Bashan"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:24",
      "text": "His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 13:13",
      "text": "Nevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/13?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:3",
      "text": "and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 10:6",
      "text": "When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 10:8",
      "text": "The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 2:39",
      "text": "At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 15:2",
      "text": "He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 15:10",
      "text": "He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 15:13",
      "text": "He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 2:48",
      "text": "Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=48"
    }
  ],
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