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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 - And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. H4648

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth, H4648 the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. H4648 And he answered, Behold thy servant!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth H4648 thy master's son shall eat bread alway 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 - Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, H4648 said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - And Mephibosheth H4648 had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. H4648

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth H4648 dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth H4648 met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. H4648 And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - And Mephibosheth H4648 the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? H4648

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - And Mephibosheth H4648 said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Mephibosheth, H4648 the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; H4648 and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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