BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4287
ma.chat — Mahath
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
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6022
a.ma.say — Amasai
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25; son of: Elkanah (H0511I); father of: Ahimoth (H0287) § Amasai = "burdensome" 1) a warrior and chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag 2) a Kohathite Levite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel 3) a priest who blew the trumpet before the ark 4) another Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H287
a.chi.mot — Ahimoth
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25; son of: Amasai (H6022); father of: Elkanah (H0511J); also called Mahath at 1Ch.6.35; Also named: ma.chat (מַ֫חַת "Mahath" H4287I) § Ahimoth = "brother of death" or "my brother is death" a son of Elkanah, a Levite
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Grasping. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chr. 6:35). (2.) Another Kohathite Levite, of the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
