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 · H4105
me.he.tav.el — Mehetabel
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.39; her mother was Matred (H4308); married to Hadad (H1908H) § Mehetabeel or Mehetabel = "favoured of God" 1) the ancestor of Shemaiah, the false prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat 2) the daughter of Matred and wife of king Hadad of Edom
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4308
mat.red — Matred
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.39; daughter of: Mezahab (H4314); mother of: Mehetabel (H4105) § Matred = "pushing forward" daughter of Mezahab and mother of Mehetabel, the wife of Hadar (Hadad) of Pau, king of Edom
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4314
me za.hav — Mezahab
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.39; father of: Matred (H4308) § Mezahab = "waters of gold" father of Matred and grandfather of Mehetabel, the wife of Hadad, the last named king of Edom
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1924
ha.dar — Hadar
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.39; married to Mehetabel (H4105); also called Hadar at Gen.36.39; Another name of ha.dad (הֲדַד "Hadad" H1908H) § Hadar = "honour" an Edomite king
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
