wiping away; breaking; fearing; smiting
(same as Maath)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MAHATH.1. The eponym of a Kohathite family (1Ch_6:35, 2Ch_29:12); perhaps to be identified with Ahimoth of 1Ch_6:25. 2. A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2Ch_31:13).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_6:35.
2. 2Ch_31:13.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ma'hath. (grabbing).
1. A Zohathite of the house of Korah. 1Ch_6:35.
2. Also a Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch_29:12; 2Ch_31:13.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
mā?hath (מחת, maḥath, ?snatching?; Μέθ, Méth):
(1) One of the Kohathites having charge of the ?service of song? in David's time, son of Amasai (1Ch_6:35). Possibly the same as Ahimoth (1Ch_6:25). He seems also to be the same as the person named in 2Ch_29:12 during Hezekiah's time, though it is probable there is some confusion in the narrative. He is there represented as taking part in the new covenant of Hezekiah and the cleansing of the Lord's house.
(2) One of the overseers of the temple under Conaniah and Shimei (2Ch_31:13); three passages of Scripture give the name, but it is difficult to individuate these because the genealogy identifies the two first named (1Ch_6:35; 2Ch_29:12), while the chronology seems to divide them - one in David's day, the other in Hezekiah's. It is not, however, impossible to identify the man of 2Ch_29:12 with him of 2Ch_31:13. Possibly the genealogy has been mistakenly repeated in 2Ch_29:12.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Mahath
(Heb. fMam'chath, מִחִת, prob. for מִחְתֶּה, grasping; Sept. Μαάθ), the name of two Levites.
1. A Kohathite, son of Amasai and father of Elkanah (1Ch_6:35); apparently the same elsewhere (1Ch_6:25) called AHIMOTH SEE AHIMOTH (q.v.). B.C. cir. 1375. SEE SAMUEL.
2. Another Kohathite, one of those who cleansed the Temple in the reformation instituted by Hezekiah (2Ch_29:12), and was appointed by that king one of the subordinate overseers of the sacred revenues (2 31:13). B.C. 726.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.