machir · Machir

What it means

machir (מָכִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Machir”.

The name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×6
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×4
• Judges×1
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Chronicles×6

• Genesis 50:23

  Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; also the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were born on Joseph’s knees.

• Numbers 26:29

  The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

• Numbers 27:1

  The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, came near. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

• Numbers 32:39

  The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.

• Numbers 32:40

  Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.

• Numbers 36:1

  The heads of the fathers’ houses of the family of the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the sons of Israel.

• Deuteronomy 3:15

  To Machir I gave Gilead.

• Joshua 13:31

  and half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir, according to their families.

• Joshua 17:1

  And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, he had Gilead and Bashan.

• Joshua 17:3

  But Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

• Judges 5:14

  From Ephraim came those whose root is in Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. From Machir went down those who command, and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of the scribe.

• 2 Samuel 9:4

  The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Look, he is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”

• 2 Samuel 9:5

  King David sent and took him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

• 2 Samuel 17:27

  When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

• 1 Chronicles 2:21

  And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead; and he took her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.

• 1 Chronicles 2:23

  But Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

• 1 Chronicles 7:14

  The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine, the Aramean, bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.

• 1 Chronicles 7:15

  And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

• 1 Chronicles 7:16

  And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

• 1 Chronicles 7:17

  And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

And 2 more times.