Strong's #4648: Mphiybosheth (pronounced mef-ee-bo'-sheth)
or Mphibosheth {mef-ee-bo'-sheth}; probably from 6284 and 1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites:--Mephibosheth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׁ / ׁ
mephı̂ybôsheth / mephibôsheth
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'
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: probably from H6284 and H1322
Usage:
This word is used 15 times:
2 Samuel 4:4: "to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth."
2 Samuel 9:6: " Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David,"
2 Samuel 9:6: "and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!"
2 Samuel 9:10: "may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread"
2 Samuel 9:11: "so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one"
2 Samuel 9:12: " And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house"
2 Samuel 9:12: "in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth."
2 Samuel 9:13: " So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at"
2 Samuel 16:1: "the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses"
2 Samuel 16:4: "Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find"
2 Samuel 19:24: " And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed"
2 Samuel 19:25: "wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?"
2 Samuel 19:30: " And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,"
2 Samuel 21:7: "But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul,"
2 Samuel 21:8: "unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter"
