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Massa

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

A leader of a tribe of Ishmaelites and one of Ishmael’s twelve sons (Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Massa, Son of Ishmael

Massa, Son of Ishmael (מַשָּׂא‎, massa'). A leader of a tribe of Ishmaelites and one of Ishmael’s twelve sons (Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Massa (Person)

MASSA (PERSON) [Heb maśśâʾ (מַשָּׂהא)]. A son of Ishmael (Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30). The “sons of Ishmael” were prominent Arab tribes of the 8th and 7th centuries b.c. See ISHMAELITES. As a tribe, Massa is attested both in the OT and in ANE texts.According to Assyrian *Mašʾayya, “the Massaean” and

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Massa

Massa. Ishmael’s seventh son and Abraham’s grandson (Gn 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30). His descendants inhabited northwestern Arabia. Tiglath-pileser III mentions these people, along with the inhabitants of Tema (cf. Gn 25:15) and others, who were ruled by him and paid tribute to him. The people of Tema probably

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Massa

Massa masʹsə [Heb. maśśāʾ—‘load, burden,’ ‘oracle’]. Name of the seventh of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14; 1 Ch. 1:30); evidently eponymous head of a tribe of the same name. Since other sons of Ishmael, e.g., Dumah, Tema, etc., seem to be associated with northeast Arabia, it is probable

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Massa

MASSA Ishmael’s seventh son and Abraham’s grandson (Gn 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30). His descendants inhabited northwestern Arabia. Tiglath-pileser III mentions these people, along with the inhabitants of Tema (cf. Gn 25:15) and others who were ruled by him and paid tribute to him. The people of Tema probably

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Massa

Massa (mas´uh), the seventh son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chron. 1:30) and an ancestor of a north Arabian tribe (associated with Tema). The attribution of the words of Agur (Prov. 30:1) and Lemuel (Prov. 31:1) to the region of Massa suggests Arabian sources for that material.

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Massa

MASSA. One of the sons of Ishmael and descendant of Abraham (Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30). According to the RSV, Agur (Prov 30:1) and King Lemuel (Prov 31:1) may have belonged to this Arabic tribe. There are references to Massa (Akk. Mas<a), Tema, and Nebajoth (cf. Gen 25:13–15) in the Assyrian inscriptions

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Massa

MASSA. The seventh of the twelve princes of Ishmael according to Gn. 25:14 and 1 Ch. 1:30, who apparently settled in N Arabia. Probably this tribe is to be identified with the Mas’a who paid tribute with Tema to Tiglath-pileser III (ANET, p. 283) and with the Masanoi, located by Ptolemy (5. 19, 2) NE

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Massa

Massa (Heb. makkāʾ)1. A son of Ishmael and eponymous ancestor of a northern Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). Akkadian sources (ANET , 283) place the Massaeans in the region of northern Arabia. Ptolemy (Geog. 5.18.2) mentions the “Masanoi” as situated in the area assigned to the Ishmaelites (i.e.,

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Massa

Massa [măsˊə] (Heb. maśśā˒ “burden, oracle”).† A son of Ishmael and eponymous ancestor of a north Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). Assyrian inscriptions name Mas˒a with some of the other tribes of Ishmael, and the second-century A.D. geographer Ptolemy (Geog. v.18.2) mentions the Masanoi;

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Massa

Mas´sa (burden), a son of Ishmael. Gen. 25:14; 1 Chron. 1:30. His descendants were not improbably the Masani, placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia.

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Massa

MAS´SA (masʹa; “burden”). A son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chron. 1:30). His descendants were not improbably the Masani, who are placed by Ptolemy E of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia. The Assyrian inscriptions name Massa with Tema and Nebaioth.