מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
Mᵉphîybôsheth · mef-ee-bo'-sheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְפִבֹשֶׁת; probably from H6284 (פָּאָה) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal);
Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mephibosheth.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to speak, the word › the hand that works › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְפִיבֹשֶׁת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mephibosheth4 · 27%
- mephibosheth2 · 13%
- was mephibosheth1 · 7%
- now when mephibosheth1 · 7%
- but mephibosheth1 · 7%
- as for mephibosheth1 · 7%
- unto mephibosheth1 · 7%
- so mephibosheth1 · 7%
- of mephibosheth1 · 7%
- behold, thine are all that pertained unto mephibosheth1 · 7%
- not thou with me, mephibosheth1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- 2 Samuel18
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.