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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4258 - מַחֲלַת
Transliteration
Machălath
Phonetics
makh-al-ath'
Origin
the same as (H4257)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Mahalath = "stringed instrument"
- daughter of Jerimoth son of king David and wife, evidently the 1st, of king Rehoboam the grandson of king David
- daughter of Ishmael and wife of Esau
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
BSB (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
CSB (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
ESV (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
KJV (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
LEB (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
LSB (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
N95 (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
NAS (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Genesis
1
2 Chronicles
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. מַחֲלַת proper name, feminine 1. daughter of Ishmael Genesis 28:9, ᵐ5 Μαελεθ.
2 granddaughter of David 2 Chronicles 11:18, ᵐ5 Μολλαθ; ᵐ5 L Μαελλεθ.
מְחֹלַת see מְחוֺלָה below I. חול.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מַחֲלַת m. (from the root חָלָח, Eth. ኀለየ፡ to sing, ψάλλειν), a harp, or stringed instrument, Psalms 53:1, 88:1 compare Eth. ማኀልት፡ a song, also κιθάρα. see Ethiopic version, Genesis 4:21. The signification of singing, in this root, arises from that of soothing, see Kal No. 1, and Piel.
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List of Word Forms
מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת מָחֲלַ֣ת ׀ מחלת machaLat