STRONGS NUMBER H4807


Word Summary
Merib Baal: perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan
Original Word: מְרִיב בַּעַל
Transliteration: Merib Baal
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-eeb' bah'-al)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan
Meaning: Merib-baal -- perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan
Strong's Concordance
Merib-baal

From riyb and Ba'al; quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon -- Merib-baal. Compare Mriy Ba'al.

see HEBREW riyb

see HEBREW Ba'al

see HEBREW Mriy Ba'al

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4807. Merib

Baal בַּ֫עַל מְרִיבproper name, masculine (baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), compare NesEg.120 Dr284, 4; but GrauProp. N. 201 thinks בעל מרי‎ original form = hero of Baal); —

1 son of Jonathan 1 Chronicles 8:34, ׳מ בָּ֑עַל‎ V:34; 9:40 = מְרִיבַֿעַל‎ (err. ?) V:40 = מְפִיבשֶׁת‎ (later change, see בּשֶׁת‎ below בושׁ‎) 2 Samuel 4:4; 9:6 (twice in verse); 9:10-11, 12 (twice in verse); 9:13; 16:1, 4; 19:26; 19:31; 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת‎ 2 Samuel 16:25 (called בֶּןשָֿׁאוּל‎); ᵐ5‎ in 2 Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; ᵐ5L Mεμφιβααλ in 2Samuel (except 4:1-2,etc., where notin HCT).

2 מְפִבשֶׁת‎ son of saul and Rispah, according to 2 Samuel 21:8, ᵐ5‎ (including ᵐ5L) Μεμφιβοσθε.

רֵיחַ רִיחַ,‎ see רוח‎. רֵים‎ see רְאֵם‎.

[רֵיעַ‎] see II. רֵעַ‎ below רעח‎. רִיעַ‎ see ריּע

ריף‎ (√ of following; meaning unknown).