Maʻăsêyâh — H4641

Definition

masculine proper noun

Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites

1. Maaseiah = "work of Jehovah"
2. a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3. a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4. a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5. a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
6. father of Azariah
7. one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people
8. a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people
9. one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah
10. a Benjamite ancestor of Sallu
11. a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra
12. another priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra
13. father of Zephaniah the prophet in the reign of Zedekiah
14. father of Zedekiah the false prophet in the time of Jeremiah
15. a Levite of the 2nd rank who David appointed to sound with psalteries on Alamoth
16. son of Adaiah and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of king Joash of Judah
17. an officer of high rank in the reign of king Uzziah
18. son of king Ahaz of Judah who was killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by king Pekah of Israel
19. governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah
20. son of Shallum and a Levite of high rand in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah
21. ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah and a priest

Usually translated as

Maaseiah

Origin

or Maʻăsêyâhûw; from H4639 and H3050; work of Jah

• Derived from Maʻăseh (H4639)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Maʻăsêyâh occurs 23 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (8), Jeremiah (5)

• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah (וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּ), and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah (וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ), and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 2 Chronicles 23:1 — And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֧הוּ) the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11 — Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah (וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ) the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
• 2 Chronicles 28:7 — And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֙הוּ֙) the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
• 2 Chronicles 34:8 — Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֣הוּ) the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
• Ezra 10:18 — And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah (מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙), and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
• Ezra 10:21 — And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֤ה), and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
• Ezra 10:22 — And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah (מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙), Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
• Ezra 10:30 — And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָה֙), Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
• Nehemiah 3:23 — After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה) the son of Ananiah by his house.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah (וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה), on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה), Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
• Nehemiah 10:25 — Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה),
• Nehemiah 11:5 — And Maaseiah (וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֣ה) the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
• Nehemiah 11:7 — And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה), the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
• Nehemiah 12:41 — And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה), Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah (וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה), and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Jeremiah 21:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה) the priest, saying,
• Jeremiah 29:21 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah (מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔ה), which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
• Jeremiah 29:25 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah (מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙) the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
• Jeremiah 35:4 — And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah (מַעֲשֵׂיָ֥הוּ) the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
• Jeremiah 37:3 — And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah (מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙) the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.