Word Study · Strong's H4764 · Hebrew
מֵרָב
Merab
may-rawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mêrâb
“Merab, a daughter of Saul”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Merab, a daughter of Saul
Rendered in the KJV as
Merab.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- מֵרַ֔ב1
- מֵרַב֙1
- מֵרַ֥ב1
How it is rendered · 2
- Merab2
- [was] Merab1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)3
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:49מֵרַ֔בmeravproper noun (a name)Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).here: [was] Merab
- 1 Samuel 18:17מֵרַב֙meravproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”here: Merab
- 1 Samuel 18:19מֵרַ֥בmeravproper noun (a name)So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.here: Merab