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Lexicon :: Strong's H4648 - mᵊp̄îḇōšeṯ

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מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
Transliteration
mᵊp̄îḇōšeṯ
Pronunciation
mef-ee-bo'-sheth
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מְפִיבֹשֶׁת Mᵉphîybôsheth, mef-ee-bo'-sheth; or מְפִבֹשֶׁת Mᵉphibôsheth; probably from H6284 and H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites:—Mephibosheth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H4648 in the following manner: Mephibosheth (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H4648 in the following manner: Mephibosheth (15x).

  1. Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"

    1. [son]1 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

      1. also 'Merib-baal'


1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly stating "grandson" instead of "son." There were two Mephibosheth's: one was Saul's son and one was Saul's grandson. (2Sa 21:7-8).]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְפִיבֹשֶׁת Mᵉphîybôsheth, mef-ee-bo'-sheth; or מְפִבֹשֶׁת Mᵉphibôsheth; probably from H6284 and H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites:—Mephibosheth.
STRONGS H4648: Abbreviations
1. ... מְפִיבשֶׁת (later change, see H1322 בּשֶׁת below בושׁ) 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 9:10, 11, 12 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 16:1, 4; 2 Samuel 19:26 [2 Samuel 19:24], 2 Samuel 19:31 [2 Samuel 19:30]; 2 Samuel 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת 2 Samuel 16:25 [2 Samuel 19:25] (called בֶּן־שָׁאוּל); Greek Version of the LXX in 2 Samuel Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1 Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Mεμφιβααλ in 2 Samuel (except 2 Samuel 4:1, 2 etc., where not in HCT).
2. מְפִבשֶׁת son of Saul and Rispah, according to 2 Samuel 21:8, Greek Version of the LXX (including LXX of Lucian (Lag.)) Μεμφιβοσθε.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

4:1; 4:2; 4:4; 9:6; 9:10; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 16:1; 16:4; 19:24; 19:25; 19:30; 21:7; 21:8

H4648

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Strong's Number H4648 matches the Hebrew מְפִיבֹשֶׁת (mᵊp̄îḇōšeṯ),
which occurs 17 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Now Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, "Mephibosheth?" He replied, "Yes, at your service."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - You will cultivate the land for him - you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do." So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David's table, just as though he were one of the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - The king said to Ziba, "Everything that was Mephibosheth's now belongs to you." Ziba replied, "I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the LORD's oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah's daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
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