מַעֲכָה
ma.a.khah
Maacah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Maacah: A Biblical Place Name Based on the lexical data provided, מַעֲכָה (Maacah) is a proper noun appearing four times in the Hebrew Bible. As a name rather than a common word with multiple meanings, its significance lies in its identification of a specific geographical or political entity within the biblical world. The limited occurrence count (4 instances) suggests it refers to a location or group of secondary importance compared to major biblical place names, though its inclusion in the scriptural record indicates some relevance to the narratives in which it appears. Without additional context from the provided data regarding the specific passages where Maacah appears or its geographical coordinates, we cannot determine from the lexicon entry alone whether it denotes a city, region, or ethnic group. The name's repeated appearance across different biblical books suggests it held enough geographical or political significance to warrant multiple references, yet the sparse documentation in this lexical entry limits definitive conclusions about its precise role or importance in biblical history and geography.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Nevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.
2 Samuel 10:6When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel 10:8The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
1 Chronicles 19:7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.