A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4;
son of: Jonathan (H3083H);
father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40;
§ Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
1) grandson 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
2a) also 'Merib-baal'
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
TBESH · H4648H
מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
· me.phi.vo.shet · Mephibosheth
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.21.8;
son of: Saul (H7586G) and Rizpah (H7532);
brother of: Armoni (H0764);
half-brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324) and Ish-bosheth (H0378)
§ Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
1) grandson 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
2a) also 'Merib-baal'
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 (פָּאָה) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
KJV glosses: Mephibosheth.
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
How translators render H4648
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover
a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different
totals.
BSB rendering counts
Rendering
Count
mephibosheth
4
and mephibosheth
3
so mephibosheth
2
and when mephibosheth
1
but mephibosheth
1
of
1
of mephibosheth
1
then mephibosheth
1
to mephibosheth
1
vvv
1
was mephibosheth
1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering
Count
and mephibosheth
4
mephibosheth
3
unto mephibosheth
2
as for mephibosheth
1
but mephibosheth
1
not thou with me mephibosheth
1
now when mephibosheth
1
of mephibosheth
1
so mephibosheth
1
Verses containing H4648
Page 1 of 1. 13 verses in the selected STEP
text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter
to follow the author’s thought.
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data
· License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged
words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the
main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source
numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.