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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.

See top portion of this BDB entry H4807.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - (Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child’s nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - His name was Mephibosheth[fn]; he was Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, “Greetings, Mephibosheth.”
Mephibosheth replied, “I am your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - You and your sons and servants are to farm the land for him to produce food for your master’s household.[fn] But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will eat here at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David’s table,[fn] like one of the king’s own sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. From then on, 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 - And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king’s table.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,[fn] was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - “In that case,” the king told Ziba, “I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.”
“I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth,[fn] Saul’s grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - “Why didn’t you come with me, Mephibosheth?” the king asked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - “Give him all of it,” Mephibosheth said. “I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth,[fn] who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - But he gave them Saul’s two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[fn] the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.
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