First name Maacah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Maacah is the name of the son of Nahor via his concubine, Reumah (GEN 22:24), as well as name of daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur (2SA 3:3), mother of Abijam (1KI 15:2) and Asa (1KI 15:10), daughter of Uriel_2 of Gibeah (2CH 13:2), and Chelubai's [Caleb's] concubine (1CH 2:48)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: [perhaps] dull, stupid. Related names are: Maachah, Shephatiah, Talmai . The translations of Maacah in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Ma-A-Ca in Vietnamese to מַעֲכָה in Hebrew!
Wear it!And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; (2SA 3:3)
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. (2SA 10:6)
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. (2SA 10:8)
Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. (1CH 2:48)
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. (1KI 15:2)
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, (1CH 11:43)
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2SA 3:4)
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. (GEN 22:24)
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. (1CH 7:15)
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: (1CH 8:29)
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: (1CH 27:16)
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. (1KI 2:39)