מַרְאֵשָׁהMarʼêshâh

מָרֵשָׁה: proper name [of a location]: in (the Shephelah of) Judah (Joshua 15:44; Micah 1:15; 2 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 14:9)

Pronunciation: mar-ay-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4762

Meanings

מָרֵאשָׁה: proper name [of a location]: see p.601

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 15:44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their surrounding villages.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:21 Shelah was one of Judah’s sons. The descendants of Shelah were Er (the father of Lecah); Laadah (the father of Mareshah); the families of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
  • 2 Chronicles 11:8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
  • 2 Chronicles 14:9 Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,
  • 2 Chronicles 14:10 so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:37 Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).