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Meaning and etymology of the name Maacah
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Maacah 
The name Maacah is applied to both men and women. The Maacahs of the Bible are: a son of Nahor with Reumah (Genesis 22:24);
A wife of David and mother of Absolom (2 Samuel 3:3);
The father (probably not the mother) of Achish, king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39);
The wife of King Rehoboam and mother of king Abijah (2 Chronicles 11:20) or Abijam (1 Kings 15:2), and grandmother of king Asa (1 Kings 15:8);
A concubine of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:48);
A woman of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:15); The great-grandmother of king Saul (1 Chronicles 9:35);
The father (probably not the mother) of one of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:43); And the father (probably not the mother) of the leader of the Simeonites during the days of David (1 Chronicles 27:16). Deuteronomy 3:14 makes mention of Maachathites, which are probably the same as the inhabitants of Aram-maacah and their king of Maacah, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 19:6-7.
The name Maacah comes from the verb  (ma`ak) meaning press, squeeze. This verb occurs a mere three times in the Bible. Once to denote a method of castration (Leviticus 22:24), once to describe how a spear is pushed into the ground (1 Samuel 26:7), and once to indicate how nipples are fondled (Ezekiel 23:3).
The name Maacah means Squeezer or Pusher. Both NOBS Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names read the more descriptive Oppression.
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