First name Machir in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Machir is the name of the son of Manasseh (GEN 50:23), as well as name of the person who sheltered Jonathan's son Mephibosheth (2SA 9:4). Meaning of the name: selling; knowing. Related names are: Gilead, Manasseh, Joseph . The translations of Machir in 23 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Ma-Ki in Vietnamese to マキ in Japanese!
Wear it!And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. (GEN 50:23)
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. (NUM 26:29)
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. (NUM 26:29)
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. (NUM 27:1)
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. (NUM 32:39)
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. (NUM 32:40)
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: (NUM 36:1)
And I gave Gilead unto Machir. (DEU 3:15)
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. (JOS 13:31)
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. (JOS 13:31)
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. (JOS 17:1)
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (JOS 17:3)
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. (JDG 5:14)
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. (2SA 9:4)
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. (2SA 9:5)
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2SA 17:27)
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. (1CH 2:21)
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. (1CH 2:23)
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: (1CH 7:14)
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. (1CH 7:15)
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. (1CH 7:16)
And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. (1CH 7:17)