BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5741
ad.ri.el — Adriel
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19; son of: Barzillai (H1271H); married to Merab (H4764) § Adriel = "flock of God" son of Barzillai, and the man to whom Saul gave his daughter Merab in marriage although she was already promised to David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1271
bar.zil.lay — Barzillai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.27 § Barzillai = "my iron" 1) a Gileadite leader who helped David defeat Absalom's rebellion 2) a priest, son-in-law to Barzillai the Gileadite 3) an Israelite from Mahalath whose son Adriel married Michal, Saul's daughter
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4764
me.rav — Merab
A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49; daughter of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); married to Adriel (H5741); sister of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444) and Michal (H4324); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: mi.khal (מִיכַל "Merab" H4324H) § Merab = "increase" the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4259
me.cho.la.ti — Meholathite
Someone descended from Meholath(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19 § Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing" 1) an inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah' 1a) ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1 Sam. 18:19). The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites (2 Sam. 21:8, 9. Here it is said that Michal “brought up” [R.V., “bare”] these five sons, either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for “Michal” we should read “Merab,” as in 1 Sam. 18:19).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
