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 · H4582
ma.okh — Maoch
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
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H397
a.khish — Achish
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.21.10; son of: Maoch (H4582); also called Abimelech (NIV: Abimelek) at Psa.34.1; Also named: a.vi.me.lekh (אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Abimelech" H0040I) § Achish = "I will blacken (or terrify)" or "only a man" Philistine king of Gath
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Compressed, the father of Achish, king of Gath (1 Sam. 27:2). Called also Maachah (1 Kings 2:39).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
