מְפִיבֹשֶׁת

Strong’s Definition

Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 (פָּאָה) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal);

KJV Usage

Mephibosheth.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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.also 'merib-baal'
• 3.son of jonathan and grandson of saul

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mᵉphîybôsheth; Pronunciation: mef-ee-bo'-sheth