massa Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
massa in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
massa in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(burden), a son of Ishmael. #Ge 26:14; 1Ch 1:30| His descendants were not improbably the Masani, placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia.
massa in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MAS'SA (gift, tribute), a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30, and probably the ancestor of the Masani, settled in the north-eastern part of Arabia, near the Babylonian frontier.
massa in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:14). (See LEMUEL.) The Masani, placed by Ptolemy the geographer E. of Arabia, may have sprung from Massa.