מַעֲשֵׂיָהMaʻăsêyâh

proper name, masculine: work of

Pronunciation: mah-as-ay-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4641

Meanings

1. priest, Jeremiah's time (Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3)

3. Levites

4. officials

5. sons of Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:7)

6. Levite (1 Chronicles 6:25)

10. a priest (1 Chronicles 9:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:18 The following men were chosen as their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers—Obed-edom and Jeiel.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were chosen to play the harps.
  • 2 Chronicles 23:1 In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest decided to act. He summoned his courage and made a pact with five army commanders: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:11 Uzziah had an army of well-trained warriors, ready to march into battle, unit by unit. This army had been mustered and organized by Jeiel, the secretary of the army, and his assistant, Maaseiah. They were under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:7 Then Zicri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the king’s son; Azrikam, the king’s palace commander; and Elkanah, the king’s second-in-command.
  • 2 Chronicles 34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the Lord his God.
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