Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4287 - מַחַת Machath (two Levites)

Original Word:	מַחַת
Transliteration:	Machath
Definition:	two Levites
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(makh'-ath)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Mahath

Probably from machah; erasure; Machath, the name of two Israelites -- Mahath.

see HEBREW machah

Englishman's Concordance

Mahath=“grasping”
1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H4229

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַ֫חַתproper name, masculine (perhaps from מַחֲתֶהthing seized) — Levites:

a.1 Chronicles 6:20, ᵐ5Μεθ, A Μααθ, ᵐ5^LΑμιωθ.

b.2Chronicles 29:12; 31:13, ᵐ5Μααθ, Μαεθ, ᵐ5^LΜααθ, Ααθ.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4287. מַ֫חַת (Machath) — 3 Occurrences

1 Chronicles 6:35
HEB:אֶלְקָנָ֔ה בֶּן־ מַ֖חַת בֶּן־ עֲמָשָֽׂי׃
NAS: the son of Mahath, the son
KJV: the son of Mahath, the son
INT: of Elkanah the son of Mahath the son of Amasai

2 Chronicles 29:12
HEB:וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ הַ֠לְוִיִּם מַ֣חַת בֶּן־ עֲמָשַׂ֞י
NAS: arose: Mahath, the son
KJV: arose, Mahath the son
INT: arose the Levites Mahath the son of Amasai

2 Chronicles 31:13
HEB:וֶאֱלִיאֵ֣ל וְיִסְמַכְיָ֔הוּ וּמַ֖חַת וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ פְּקִידִ֗ים
NAS: Ismachiah, Mahath and Benaiah
KJV: and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,
INT: Eliel Ismachiah Mahath and Benaiah overseers

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