Mephibosheth — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
Mephibosheth means dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal).
Built from
פָּאָה pâʼâh — to puff, i.e. blow away open in the lexicon ›
בֹּשֶׁת bôsheth — shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause) open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 and H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites.
First appearance
2Sam 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
Every verse that names Mephibosheth
2Sam 4:42Sam 9:62Sam 9:102Sam 9:112Sam 9:122Sam 9:132Sam 16:12Sam 16:42Sam 19:252Sam 19:262Sam 19:312Sam 21:72Sam 21:8