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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ma-as'-mas, ma'-as-mas (Maasmas; Swete reads Maasman; the King James Version Masman, 1 Esdras 8:43): Corresponds to "Shemaiah" in Ezr 8:16.