Lexical Definition

‎מַחַת‎ Machath (makh'-ath) Mahath ^N:N-M-P
probably from ‎מָחָה‎; erasure

Mahath.

• § Mahath = "grasping"
• Machath, the name of two Israelites

1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַ֫חַת‎ proper name, masculine (perhaps from ‎מַחֲתֶה‎ thing seized) — Levites:
a. 1Chr 6:20*, ᵐ5 Μεθ, A Μααθ, ᵐ5^L Αμιωθ.
b. 2Chr 29:12; 2Chr 31:13, ᵐ5 Μααθ, Μαεθ, ᵐ5^L Μααθ, Ααθ.

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