Machçêyâh — H4271

Definition

masculine proper noun

Machsejah, an Israelite

1. Maaseiah = "Jehovah is a shelter"
2. a priest and ancestor of Baruch, the friend and scribe of Jeremiah
3. ancestor of Seraiah who carried Jeremiah's book to Babylon

Usually translated as

Maaseiah

Origin

from H4268 and H3050; refuge of (i.e. in) Jah

• Derived from Machăçeh (H4268)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Machçêyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 32:12 — And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah (מַחְסֵיָה֒), in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
• Jeremiah 51:59 — The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah (מַחְסֵיָה֒), when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.