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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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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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was [fn]Mephibosheth. H4648
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Mephibosheth, H4648 the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, “Mephibosheth.” H4648 And he said, “Here is your servant!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - “You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth H4648 your master’s grandson shall [fn]eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth H4648 ate at [fn]David’s table as one of the king’s sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth H4648 had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. H4648
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth H4648 lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth H4648 met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth H4648 is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither [fn]cared for his feet, nor [fn]trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” H4648
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - Mephibosheth H4648 said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Mephibosheth, H4648 the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:8 - So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth H4648 whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of [fn]Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
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