Word Study · Strong's H4648 · Hebrew
מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
Mephibosheth
mef-ee-bo'-sheth
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mᵉphîybôsheth
“Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Mephibosheth.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- בֹ֖שֶׁת2
- וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת2
- מְפִי־2
- מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃2
- בֹ֑שֶׁת1
- וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁת1
- וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙1
- וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙1
- לִמְפִי־1
- לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃1
- מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת1
- מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁת1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- and Mephibosheth4
- -bosheth3
- Mephibosheth3
- Mephi-2
- O Mephibosheth2
- [belonged] to Mephi-1
- [was] Mephibosheth1
- and [belonged] to Mephibosheth1
- of Mephibosheth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)11
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 11
- HC/Npm · 4
- HR/Npm · 2
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
2 Samuel18 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 4:4מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃mefivoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: [was] Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:6מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁתmefivoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:6מְפִיבֹ֔שֶׁתmefivoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: O Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:10וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙umefivoshetconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:11וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁתumefivoshetconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:12וְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁתvelimfivoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.here: and [belonged] to Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:12לִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃limfivoshetpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.here: of Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:13וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁתumefivoshetconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.here: and Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 16:1מְפִי־mefi-proper noun (a name)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.here: Mephi-
- 2 Samuel 16:1בֹ֖שֶׁתvoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: -bosheth
- 2 Samuel 16:4לִמְפִי־limfi-preposition + proper noun (a name)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!”here: [belonged] to Mephi-
- 2 Samuel 16:4בֹ֑שֶׁתvoshetproper noun (a name)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!”here: -bosheth
- 2 Samuel 19:24וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙umefivoshetconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 19:25מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃mefivoshetproper noun (a name)And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”here: O Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 19:30מְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙mefivoshetproper noun (a name)And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”here: Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 21:7מְפִי־mefi-proper noun (a name)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.here: Mephi-
- 2 Samuel 21:7בֹ֖שֶׁתvoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: -bosheth
- 2 Samuel 21:8מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁתmefivoshetproper noun (a name)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.here: Mephibosheth