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Lexicon :: Strong's H4764 - mēraḇ

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מֵרַב
Transliteration
mēraḇ
Pronunciation
may-rawb'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מֵרָב Mêrâb, may-rawb'; from H7231; increase; Merab, a daughter of Saul:—Merab.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4764 in the following manner: Merab (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4764 in the following manner: Merab (3x).
  1. Merab = "increase"

    1. the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵרָב Mêrâb, may-rawb'; from H7231; increase; Merab, a daughter of Saul:—Merab.
STRONGS H4764: Abbreviations
מֵרַב proper name, feminine elder daughter of Saul 1 Samuel 14:49, promised to David 1 Samuel 18:17; but given to Adriel 1 Samuel 18:19 (read also 2 Samuel 21:8 for H4324 מִיבַל LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Syriac Version Th Dr Klo Kit Bu Löhr HPS). Greek Version of the LXX Μεροβ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:49; 18:17; 18:19

H4764

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Strong's Number H4764 matches the Hebrew מֵרַב (mēraḇ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 -

Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab, his firstborn, and Michal, the younger.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17 -

Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife if you will be a warrior for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:19 -

When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

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