King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4762
Transliteration: Mareshah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-ay-shaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a place in Judah, also two Israelites
Meaning: Mareshah -- a place in Judah, also two Israelites
Word Summary
Mareshah: a place in Judah, also two Israelites
Original Word: מַרְאֵשָׁהTransliteration: Mareshah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-ay-shaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a place in Judah, also two Israelites
Meaning: Mareshah -- a place in Judah, also two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Mareshah Or Mareshah {mar-ay-shaw'}; formed like mar'ashah; summit; Mareshah, the name of two Israelites and of a place in Palestine -- Mareshah.
see HEBREW mar'ashah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4762. Mareshah
מָרֵשָׁה and (Joshua 15:44) מָרֵאשָׁה proper name, of a location (etymology dubious) in (the Shephelah of) Judah, Micah 1:15 (where named with אַכְזִיבּ etc.), Joshua 15:44 (id.), compare 2 Chronicles 11:8; 14:8; 14:9; 20:37; so apparently (as proper name, masculine in Geneal. scheme) 1 Chronicles 2:42; 4:21. — compare 2Macc 12:35 (Μαρισα), 1 Macc 5:66 (read Μαρισα for Σαμαρια, compare Var. Apocrypha). — JosephAnt. xii. 8, 6 (Μαρισσα). ᵐ5 A Joshua 15:44 Μαρησὰ ᵐ5L βαρσηα; ᵐ5 1 Chronicles 2:42 Μαρἑἰσα ᵐ5L Μαρησα, etc. Probably = modern Mer¹sh1mile South of Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), compare RobBR ii. 31 Be2:42 GASmGeogr. 233 (who identify with (גַּת) מוֺרֶשֶׁת Micah 1:14 q. v. below ירשׁ above, but see LagOno.n. 139, 141, 279, 282) BuhlGeogr. 192.
מִרְשַׁ֫עַת see מֹרַשְׁתִּי רשׁע see ירשׁ.
מָרֵשָׁה מָרֵאשָׁה, proper name, of a location.