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 · H4807
me.riv ba.al — Merib-baal
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4; son of: Jonathan (H3083H); father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40; Another name of me.phi.vo.shet (מְפִיבֹשֶׁת "Mephibosheth" H4648G) § Merib-baal = "Baal is my advocate" 1) another name for Mephibosheth 1a) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4810
me.ri va.al — Merib-baal
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4; son of: Jonathan (H3083H); father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40; Another spelling of me.phi.vo.shet (מְפִיבֹשֶׁת "Mephibosheth" H4648) § Merib-baal = "Baal is my advocate" 1) another name for Mephibosheth 1a) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4648
me.phi.vo.shet — Mephibosheth
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4; son of: Jonathan (H3083H); father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40; § Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol" 1) grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine 2) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul 2a) also 'Merib-baal'
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Contender with Baal, (1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40), elsewhere called Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 4:4), the son of Jonathan.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
