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 · 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 · 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 →Water of gold, the father of Matred (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
