Machath means “Mahath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4287 — prothesmios (“time appointed”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4287 מַחַת (Machath) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Machath (makh'-ath) n/p. 1. erasure 2. Machath, the name of two Israelites It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include mahath. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Machath (makh'-ath) n/p. 1. erasure 2. Machath, the name of two Israelites [probably from H4229] KJV: Mahath. Root(s): H4229
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Mahath
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Machath, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4287.
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
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Machath (Strong's H4287) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Mahath". Machath (makh'-ath) n/p. 1. erasure 2. Machath, the name of two Israelites
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H4287 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4287 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mahath. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.