Bible Dictionaries
Mash
Holman Bible Dictionary
(massh) A son of Aram (Genesis 10:23 ) in Table of Nations and thus original ancestor of Syrian tribal group, possibly from Mount Masius (Tur Abdin) in Northern Mesopotamia or the Mashu mountains of the Gilgamesh epic, probably the Lebanon and anti-Lebanon mountains. The name is copied as Meshech in 1 Chronicles 1:17 .
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Mash'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/mash.html. 1991.