Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1038
בֵּית מַעֲכָה
bet ma.a.khah · “(Abel)-beth-maacah”
Used 4 times across 1 book
Definition
Beth-maachah = "house of pressure"
a place in the northern kingdom
Combined with a.vel (אָבֵל "Abel" H0059H)
a place in the northern kingdom
Combined with a.vel (אָבֵל "Abel" H0059H)
Where it appears
2 Samuel4
In the text
2 Samuel 20:14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.2 Samuel 20:15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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