Massa
מַשָּׂא · mas.sa · H4854“a burden; prophecy” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Genesis (1)
Who he was
Massa was one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. He is mentioned in the genealogies of Ishmael's descendants (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30). As a grandson of Abraham, Massa was part of the Ishmaelite tribes that settled in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Family
FatherIshmaelSiblingsNebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah, Mahalath
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis 1 mention
1 Chronicles 1 mention
What the dictionary says
A lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a nomad tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain