Machirite
מָכִירִיStrong’s H4354makhiri (ma-khi-ri)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Makhiri is the Hebrew word usually translated “makirite”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Machir who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23
How it's translated
- the makirite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מָכִירִי makhiri · Machirite
Someone descended from Machir who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.50.23; son of: Manasseh (H4519) and Aramitess (H0761); brother of: Asriel (H0844H); married to Maacah (H4601M); father of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); also called in NIV: Makir Group of ma.khir (מָכִיר "Machir" H4353) § Machirites = "a salesman" the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead
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.