Mahseiah
מַחְסֵיָהStrong’s H4271machseyah (mach-se-yah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machseyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “mahseiah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.”
Meaning
- A priest and ancestor of Baruch, the friend and scribe of Jeremiah
- Ancestor of Seraiah who carried Jeremiah's book to Babylon
How it's translated
- mahseiah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מַחְסֵיָה machseyah · Mahseiah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.32.12; father of: Neriah (H5374) § Maaseiah = "Jehovah is a shelter" 1) a priest and ancestor of Baruch, the friend and scribe of Jeremiah 2) ancestor of Seraiah who carried Jeremiah's book to Babylon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.