or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from
H4600; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman:--Maachah, Maachathites. See also
H1038.
Maachah = "oppression" n pr m
- father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign
- father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors
- a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David
- son of Nahor by concubine Reumah n pr f
- daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom
- daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah
- concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron
- wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh
- wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon n pr Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"
- a mercenary people hired to fight David