Bible Person

Maaseiah

Meaning: the work of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Maaseiah entry refers to the father of the false prophet Zedekiah in Jeremiah 29:21, not to the priests, Levites, officials, and post-exilic figures elsewhere with the same name. He belongs to the family background of condemned prophecy in exile. First appears in Jer 29:21.1

AI summary: This Maaseiah matters because his single cross reference supports the identity of a false prophet denounced by Jeremiah in Babylon. Even a paternal notice helps locate that condemned ministry within a remembered household. Taken together, the material presents this Maaseiah as a familial source in the background of exilic false prophecy.1

Central Figure

Maaseiah

Meaning: the work of the Lord