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    Maacah

    MAY-uh-kuh

    Hebrew
    Unisex
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Oppression; Depression; Pressed down
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Maacah appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Samuel 3:3.
    First appears in
    2 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Maacah's story — removed from power by her own grandson for idolatry — teaches that no family relationship should protect what dishonors God. Asa's courage to confront even his grandmother models radical faithfulness.
    King James verses
    • 2 Samuel 3:3

      "And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah."

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