H4271: מַחְסֵיָה
Machçêyâh · pronounced makh-say-yaw' · “Mahseiah”
Definition
Machsejah, an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Maaseiah.
Word origin: from H4268 (מַחֲסֶה) and H3050 (יָהּ); refuge of (i.e. in) Jah;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4271 is translated
- mahseiah ×2
Bible verses with H4271 (Machçêyâh)
Machçêyâh appears in 2 verses.
- Jeremiah 32:12
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.
- Jeremiah 51:59
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.