Meri-baal — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְרִי בַעַל

מְרִי בַעַל

Mᵉrîy Baʻal · pronounced mer-ee' bah'-al · Strong's H4810 · a man

Meri-baal means rebellion of (i.e. against) Baal.

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מְרִי mᵉrîy (from, H4805) — bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל Baʻal (and, H1168) — Baal, a Phoenician deity open in the lexicon ›

from H4805 and H1168; rebellion of (i.e. against) Baal; Meri-Baal, an epithet of Gideon.

1Chr 9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal: and Merib–baal begat Micah. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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