Machir

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Machir
     sold. (1.) Manasseh's oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his
     only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh.
     13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of
     Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead (Num. 26:29). They
     settled in land taken from the Amorites (Num. 32:39, 40; Deut.


     3:15) by a special enactment (Num. 36:1-3; Josh. 17:3, 4). He is
     once mentioned as the representative of the tribe of Manasseh
     east of Jordan (Judg. 5:14).
     
       (2.) A descendant of the preceding, residing at Lo-debar,
     where he maintained Jonathan's son Mephibosheth till he was
     taken under the care of David (2 Sam. 9:4), and where he
     afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive
     (17:27).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Machir, selling; knowing