Marʼêshâh — H4762

Definition

locative proper noun

Mareshah, the name of two Israelites and of a place in Palestine

1. Mareshah = "crest of a hill"
2. one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah

Usually translated as

Mareshah

Origin

or Marêshâh; formed like H4761; summit

• Marʼâshâh (H4761)

Occurrences

Marʼêshâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Micah (1)

• Joshua 15:44 — And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah (וּמָֽרֵאשָׁ֑ה); nine cities with their villages:
• 1 Chronicles 2:42 — Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
• 1 Chronicles 4:21 — The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah (מָרֵשָׁ֑ה), and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
• 2 Chronicles 11:8 — And Gath, and Mareshah (מָרֵשָׁ֖ה), and Ziph,
• 2 Chronicles 14:9 — And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah (מָרֵשָֽׁה).
• 2 Chronicles 14:10 — Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah (לְמָרֵשָֽׁה).
• 2 Chronicles 20:37 — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah (מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה) prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
• Micah 1:15 — Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah (מָֽרֵשָׁ֑ה): he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.