H1038 - בֵּית מַעֲכָה (Bêyth Maʻăkâh)

H1038 בֵּית מַעֲכָה (Bêyth Maʻăkâh) bayth mah-ak-aw'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

(Abel)-beth-maacah

Strong's Definition

Beth-Maakah, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H4601 (מַעֲכָה); house of Maakah;

KJV Usage: Beth-maachah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Beth-maachah = "house of pressure"

1) a place in the northern kingdom

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Beth-maachah = "house of pressure" a place in the northern kingdom Combined with a.vel (אָבֵל "Abel" H0059H)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֵּית מַעֲכָה bêyth ma‛ăkâh BDB Definition: Beth-maachah = house of pressure 1) a place in the northern kingdom Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1004 and H4601 Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (4)

20:14 20:15

15:20

15:29

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah...... and through the entire [region of] the Berites, who gathered together and followed... him.

2 Samuel 20:15

And Joab’s troops came and besieged [Sheba] in Abel-beth-maacah...... and built a siege ramp... against the outer rampart of the city.... As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

1 Kings 15:20

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.