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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4582 - מָעוֹךְ

Transliteration

Mâʻôwk

Phonetics

maw-oke'

Origin

from (H4600)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Maoch = "oppression"
1. father of king Achish of Gath with whom David took refuge

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Samuel 1

BSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

CSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

ESV (1)

1 Samuel 1

KJV (1)

1 Samuel 1

LEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

LSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

N95 (1)

1 Samuel 1

NAS (1)

1 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָעוֺךְ proper name, masculine father of Achish of Gath (on form compare Lag^{BN 32}); — 1 Samuel 27:2 (ᵐ5 Αμμαχ, A Μωαβ, ᵐ5^L Αχιμααν) = מַעֲכָה 1 Kings 2:39 (ᵐ5 Αμησα, A ᵐ5^L Μααχα).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָעוֹךְ (perhaps “oppression,” from the root מָעַךְ, [“a girdle of the breast?”]), [Maoch], pr.n. m. 1 Samuel 27:2 compare מַעֲכָה No. 2, a.

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List of Word Forms

מָע֖וֹךְ מעוך mā‘ōwḵ mā·‘ō·wḵ maoch