מְפִיבֹשֶׁת

me.phi.vo.shetMephibosheth
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man18 occurrences1 book13 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:

Definition

or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 and H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Mephibosheth.

Glossary entries

Mephibosheth Meribbaal

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

18 total
  1. 2 Samuel 4:4מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃ · was Mephibosheth
    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  2. 2 Samuel 9:6 (2×)מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁת · And when Mephibosheth; מְפִיבֹ֔שֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
  3. 2 Samuel 9:10וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ · But Mephibosheth
    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  4. 2 Samuel 9:11וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת · So Mephibosheth
    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
  5. 2 Samuel 9:12 (2×)וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת · And Mephibosheth; לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃ · of Mephibosheth
    And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
  6. 2 Samuel 9:13וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת · So Mephibosheth
    So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
  7. 2 Samuel 16:1 (2×)מְפִי־ · of; בֹ֖שֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
  8. 2 Samuel 16:4 (2×)לִמְפִי־; בֹ֑שֶׁת · to Mephibosheth
    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
  9. 2 Samuel 19:24וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ · Then Mephibosheth
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  10. 2 Samuel 19:25מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃ · Mephibosheth
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
  11. 2 Samuel 19:30מְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ · And Mephibosheth
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
  12. 2 Samuel 21:7 (2×)מְפִי־ · Mephibosheth; בֹ֖שֶׁת
    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
  13. 2 Samuel 21:8מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת · and Mephibosheth
    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.