(Heb. Ma'kats,
îָ÷ִåֹ
, boundary; Septuag.
ÌáêÝò
v. r.
Ìá÷õᾶò
), a place first named among those designating the district of Ben-Dekar, one of Solomon's purveyors (1Ki_4:9). The associated names, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan, would seem to indicate a locality in the tribe of Dan, perhaps in the plain east of Ekron.