King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4807
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
Word Summary
Merib Baal: perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan
Original Word: מְרִיב בַּעַלTransliteration: 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 מְרִיב proper 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).