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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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Now Jonathan H3083, Saul’s H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 who was disabled H5223 in both feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the news H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 picked H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. But it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and could H6452 no H6452 longer H6452 walk H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Mephibosheth H4648, the son H1121 of Jonathan H3083 the son H1121 of Saul H7586, came H935 to David H1732 and fell H5307 on his face H6440 and prostrated H2331 himself. And David H1732 said H559, “Mephibosheth H4648.” And he said H559, “Here H2009 is your servant H5650!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - “You and your sons H1121 and your servants H5650 shall cultivate H5647 the land H127 for him, and you shall bring H935 in H935 the produce so that your master’s H113 grandson H1121 will have H1961 food H3899 [fn]to eat H398; nevertheless Mephibosheth H4648, your master’s H113 grandson H1121, shall [fn]eat H398 at my table H7979 regularly H8548.” Now Ziba H6717 had fifteen H2568 H6240 sons H1121 and twenty H6242 servants H5650.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Then Ziba H6717 said H559 to the king H4428, “In accordance with everything H3605 that my lord H113 the king H4428 commands H6680 his servant H5650, so H3651 your servant H5650 will do H6213.” So Mephibosheth H4648 ate H398 at [fn]David’s table H7979 as one H259 of the king’s H4428 sons H1121.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth H4648 had a young H6996 son H1121 whose name H8034 was Mica H4316. And all H3605 who lived H4186 in the house H1004 of Ziba H6717 were servants H5650 to Mephibosheth H4648.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth H4648 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, because H3588 he ate H398 at the king’s H4428 table H7979 regularly H8548. And he was disabled H6455 in his two H8147 feet H7272.

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Now when David H1732 had gone H5674 on H5674 a little H4592 beyond H4480 the summit H7218, behold H2009, Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a team H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543, and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899, a hundred H3967 cakes H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits H7019, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - So the king H4428 said H559 to Ziba H6717, “Behold H2009, all H3605 that belongs to Mephibosheth H4648 is yours.” And Ziba H6717 said H559, “I prostrate H2331 myself; may I find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, my lord H113, the king H4428!”

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Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]grandson H1121 of Saul H7586 came H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; but he had neither H3808 [fn]tended H6213 to H6213 his feet H7272, nor H3808 [fn]trimmed H6213 his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899 since H4480 the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - And it was when H3588 he came H935 from Jerusalem H3389 to meet H7122 the king H4428, that the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Why H4100 did you not go H1980 with me, Mephibosheth H4648?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - And Mephibosheth H4648 said H559 to the king H4428, “Let him even H1571 take H3947 it all H3605, since H310 H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 has come H935 safely H7965 to his own house H1004.”

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But the king H4428 spared H2550 Mephibosheth H4648, the son H1121 of Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, because H5921 of the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068 which H834 was between H996 them, between H996 David H1732 and Saul’s H7586 son H1121 Jonathan H3083.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - So the king H4428 took H3947 the two H8147 sons H1121 of Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345, Armoni H764 and Mephibosheth H4648 whom H834 she had borne H3205 to Saul H7586, and the five H2568 sons H1121 of [fn]Merab H4764 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586, whom H834 she had borne H3205 to Adriel H5741 the son H1121 of Barzillai H1271 the Meholathite H4259.
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