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2 Samuel 9:12
“And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מְפִיבֹשֶׁתMᵉphîybôsheth · mef-ee-bo'-sheth
H4648 · Hebrew
H4648 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
- Derivation
- or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 (פָּאָה) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal);
- KJV renderings
- Mephibosheth.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לִ — preposition
- מְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 4:42 Samuel 9:62 Samuel 9:62 Samuel 9:102 Samuel 9:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מְפִיבֹשֶׁת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.