Hebrew word · H4582

מָעוֹךְ

ma'okh

Maoch

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.2;

father of: Achish (H0397); also called Maacah (KJV: Maachah; NIV: Maakah) at 1Ki.2.39;

Also named: ma.a.khah (מַעֲכָה "Maacah" H4601Q)

§ Maoch = "oppression"

father of king Achish of Gath with whom David took refuge

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 Samuel · 1

  1. 1 Samuel 27:2 מָע֖וֹךְ Maoch

    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

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