Machath — H4287

Definition

masculine proper noun

Machath, the name of two Israelites

1. Mahath = "grasping"
2. a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
3. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

Usually translated as

Mahath

Origin

probably from H4229; erasure

• Mâchâh (H4229)

Occurrences

Machath occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2)

• 1 Chronicles 6:35 — The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath (מַ֖חַת), the son of Amasai,
• 2 Chronicles 29:12 — Then the Levites arose, Mahath (מַ֣חַת) 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:
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath (וּמַ֖חַת), 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.