Machat מַ֫חַת

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Machat
מַ֫חַת
Transliterationmachat
Strong's numberH4287 (H4287G, H4287H, H4287I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossMahath
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent in2 Chronicles (2)

Machat (Hebrew מַ֫חַת, Strong's H4287) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Mahath”. It occurs 3 times.

Definition

H4287G: Mahath

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12;
son of: Amasai (H6022J)
§ Mahath = "grasping"
1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

H4287H: Mahath

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.31.13
§ Mahath = "grasping"
1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

H4287I: Mahath

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25;
son of: Amasai (H6022);
father of: Elkanah (H0511J); also called Mahath at 1Ch.6.35;
Another name of a.chi.mot (אֲחִימוֹת "Ahimoth" H0287)
§ Mahath = "grasping"
1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmahath (3)
BSBmahath (3)

Verses

Every verse with Machat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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