Hebrew word · H4287

מַ֫חַת

machat

Mahath

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

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

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Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:35 מַ֖חַת Mahath

    the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

2 Chronicles · 2

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:12 מַ֣חַת Mahath

    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

  2. 2 Chronicles 31:13 וּמַ֖חַת and Mahath

    Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

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