4807. Merib Baal

Berean Strong's Lexicon

Merib Baal: Merib-baal

Original Word: מְרִיב בַּעַל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Merib Baal
Pronunciation: meh-REEB bah-AHL
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-eeb' bah'-al)
Definition: Merib-baal
Meaning: quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words מְרִיב (merib), meaning "contention" or "strife," and בַּעַל (baal), meaning "lord" or "master."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Merib-baal, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew context. However, the Greek Septuagint may use transliterations or alternate names like Mephibosheth.

Usage: Merib-baal is a proper name used in the Hebrew Bible. It is an alternate name for Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul. The name reflects the cultural practice of using the term "Baal" as a title for a lord or master, though it later became associated with the Canaanite deity Baal, leading to the use of alternate names to avoid pagan connotations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, names often held significant meanings and were sometimes changed to reflect religious or cultural shifts. The name Merib-baal, which includes "Baal," indicates a time when the term was used more generically for "lord" rather than specifically for the Canaanite god. Over time, as Israel distanced itself from Canaanite practices, names containing "Baal" were often altered, as seen with Merib-baal being called Mephibosheth, where "bosheth" means "shame."

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from rib and Baal
Definition
perhaps "Baal is advocate," a son of Jonathan
NASB Translation
Merib-baal (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל proper name, masculine (baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), compare Nes^Eg.120 Dr^{284, 4}; but Grau^{Prop. N. 201} thinks מרי בעל original form = hero of Baal); —

1 son of Jonathan 1 Chronicles 8:34, בָּ֑עַל ׳מ V:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40 = מְרִיבַֿעַל (err. ?) V:40 = מְפִיבשֶׁת (later change, see בּשֶׁת below בושׁ) 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 9:10,11,12 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 16:1,4; 2 Samuel 19:26; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת 2 Samuel 16:25 (called בֶּןשָֿׁאוּל); ᵐ5 in 2 Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; ᵐ5^L Mεμφιβααλ in 2Samuel (except 2 Samuel 4:1,2etc., where notin HCT).

2 מְפִבשֶׁת son of saul and Rispah, according to 2 Samuel 21:8, ᵐ5 (including ᵐ5^L) Μεμφιβοσθε.

רִיחַ, רֵיחַ see רוח. רֵים see רְאֵם.

[רֵיעַ] see II. רֵעַ below רעח. רִיעַ see ריּע

ריף (√ of following; meaning unknown).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Merib-baal

From riyb and Ba'al; quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon -- Merib-baal. Compare Mriy Ba'al.

see HEBREW riyb

see HEBREW Ba'al

see HEBREW Mriy Ba'al

Forms and Transliterations

בַּ֖עַל בָּ֑עַל בעל ba‘al bā‘al ba·‘al bā·‘al Baal

Englishman's Concordance

1 Chronicles 8:34
HEB: יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מְרִ֣יב בָּ֑עַל וּמְרִ֥יב בַּ֖עַל
NAS: of Jonathan [was] Merib-baal, and Merib-baal
KJV: of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal
INT: the son of Jonathan Merib-baal and Merib-baal became

1 Chronicles 8:34
HEB: בָּ֑עַל וּמְרִ֥יב בַּ֖עַל הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־
NAS: [was] Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father
KJV: [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat
INT: of Jonathan Merib-baal and Merib-baal became of Micah

1 Chronicles 9:40
HEB: יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מְרִ֣יב בָּ֑עַל וּמְרִי־ בַ֖עַל
NAS: of Jonathan [was] Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father
KJV: of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal: and Meribbaal
INT: the son of Jonathan Merib-baal and Meribbaal became

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4807
3 Occurrences

bā·‘al — 3 Occ.