Hebrew word · H4235

מָחוֹל

machol

Mahol

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.31;

father of: Ethan (H0387), Heman (H1968), Calcol (H3633), Darda (H1862)

§ Mahol = "dancing"

father of Heman

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 4:31 מָח֑וֹל Mahol

    He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

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