Person Old Testament
Mash
Also known as Mash =ESV, KJV; Mark =NIV, Meshech =ESV, KJV; Meshek =NIV
Mash (or Meshech), a son of Aram, was a grandson of Shem. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:23.
Why it matters. Son of Aram, grandson of Shem.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Mash
Mash, also known as Meshech, was a son of Aram and a grandson of Shem, the son of Noah. He is mentioned in the genealogies of the descendants of Noah's sons after the flood (Gen.10.23; 1Ch.1.17). The name Mash is used in Genesis, while Meshech is used in 1 Chronicles, referring to the same individual.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.