מְרִי בַעַל
Merib-baal
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H4810 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
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“Merib-baal” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name מרי בעל (Mᵉrîy Baʻal). A scarce word — 1 verse in all of the Hebrew Bible. It clusters heavily in 1 Chronicles, which alone accounts for 100% of its uses. Found nowhere else but 1 Chronicles 9:40. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
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About this word
Strong's H4810 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #4,807
- by frequency
- Top 5000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 4,807 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 1 verse 100%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1 distinct verse.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1 verse · 100%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Meribbaal 1×
- American Standard Version: Merib-baal 1×
- Berean Standard Bible: not separately translated
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Baal 1×, Merib 1×
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Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 2 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. son of Jonathan 1 Ch 8:34, מ׳ בָּ֑עַל v 34 9:40 = מְרִי־בַעַל (error?) v 40 = מְפִיבשֶׁת (later change, v. בּשֶׁת sub בושׁ) 2 S 4:4; 9:6(×2), 10, 11, 12(×2), 13; 16:1, 4; 19:26, 31; 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת 16:25 (called בֶּן־שָׁאוּל); 𝔊 in 2 S Μεμφιβοσθε, in 1 Ch (usually) Μεριβααλ; 𝔊L Μεμφιβααλ in 2 S (except 4:1, 2 etc., where not in ℌ). e.g. 1 Chronicles 8:34
- 2. מְפִבשֶׁת son of Saul and Riṣpah, according to 2 S 21:8, 𝔊 (incl. 𝔊L) Μεμφιβοσθε. e.g. 2 Samuel 21:8
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (Baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), cf. NesEg. 120 Dr 2 S 4(×2); but GrayProp. N. 201 thinks מרי בעל orig. form = hero of Baal);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from מרי (mᵉrîy) (H4805) — rebellion.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בָּעַל
- , v. בָּעָה, to enter into, take possession) [in b. h. to be master, protect;] to have sexual intercourse (both legal or illicit), to embrace a woman. Kidd. 9ᵇ וּבְעָלָהּ מלמד וכ׳ ‘and he embraced her’ (Deut. XXIV, 1), this intimates that woman can be acquired as wife by intercourse, v. בִּיאָה.—בּוֹעֵל lover, adulterer, contrad. to בַּעַל husband. Sot. V, 1, a. fr. כשם שאסורה לַבַּעַל … לַבּוֹעֵל as well as the woman suspected of adultery is forbidden to her husband (who must separate himself from her), so is she forbidden to the lover (who cannot marry her after leaving her husband). Yeb. 103ᵃ שבע בעילות ב׳ וכ׳ that wicked man had seven sexual connections &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. f. בְּעוּלָה one no longer a virgin, opp. to בתולה; married woman, opp. to ארוסה, v. אָרַס. Keth. 10ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. בְּעוּלוֹת. Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵇ bot.; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 24:1
- she had intercourse. Keth. 5ᵃ נישאת … ונִבְעֶלֶת וכ׳ is married on the fourth day and embraced in the night of the fifth day of the week. Ib. 3ᵇ תִּיבָּעֵל לטפסר וכ׳ must first be surrendered to the (Roman) officer (jus primæ noctis); a. fr.—Masc. נִבְעַל (of the hermaphrodite). Tosef. Bicc. II, 5; Y. Yeb. VIII, 9ᵈ bot.
בְּעַל
- Targ. O. Deut. XXI, 13; a. fr.—Keth. 6ᵇ דבעי למִיבְעַל because he is anxious to perform his marital duty. Ib. דטריד דלא בעיל he is excited because he has not &c.; a. fr.
- , part. pass. f. מְבַעֲלָא married, having had intercourse. Targ. Ruth I, 12; a. e.
- as preced. Nif. Yoma 19ᵇ ואִבְּעוּל כמה וכ׳, (Ms. M. ואיבעיל) and how many virgins have been seduced (to-day) in Nahardea!
בַּעַל
- preced.)
- 1. husband. Kidd. I, 1 and she becomes her own master בגט ובמיתת הב׳ through a letter of divorce or on the husband’s death; a. v. fr.
- 2. the idol Baal. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ bot. ב׳ ראש גוייה הוה וכ׳ the Baal was the phallus and had the shape of a bean [read וכאפון].
- 3. [the fructifier,] rain (v. Taan. 6ᵇ; cmp. Is. LV, 10). בֵּית בַּ׳ a field sufficiently watered by rain and requiring no artificial irrigation. Tosef. M. Kat. I, 1 שדה (בית) הב׳. B. Bath. III, 1. Tosef. Succ. II, 7 ערבה של ב׳ (sub. בית) a willow in a naturally watered field. Ib. Shebi. II, 4 בשל ב׳ (= בשדה של ב׳), opp. של שוקי. Num. R. s. 16 the Egyptian gods של שקר הם (read שקי) are gods of artificial drainage, but those of Canaan של ב׳ הם are gods of rain; (Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 13, through misunderstanding, שקר … בעליכח. e.g. Isaiah 55:10
- 4. (mostly in compounds) owner of, master of, possessed of, given to &c.; e.g. ב׳ אבידה owner of a lost object; ב׳ אגדה master of Agadah, lecturer; ב׳ דין opponent in court; v. infra. Pes. 86ᵇ ב׳ השם אני I am so named.—Pl. בְּעָלִים, בְּעָלִין owners; mostly as sing. owner. B. Mets. VIII, 1; a. fr. [Y. Dem. III, 23ᵇ bot. לבלעין, read לבעלין.]
- He who knows man’s thoughts. Snh. 19ᵇ.—Ib. בעלי מ׳ those entertaining considerations (of fear), hesitating to do justice.—ב׳ שיבה gray-haired. Ned. III, 8.—ב׳ תשובה repentant sinner. Succ. 53ᵃ; a. fr.—ב׳ תשובות a man of many objections or excuses. Gen. R. s. 20 beg.—[For other compounds, not self-evident, see the respective determinants.]
מַר IV
- (pl. forms מָרֵא, מָרֵי, מָארֵי) (Arab. marua, cmp. מָרָא, to be strong; cmp. גָּבַר a. גֶּבֶר) man, lord, master; somebody; (as a title) Mar. Tosef. Shek. II, 15 מפני שמר על הכל because he was ruler &c., v. אֲמַרְכּוֹל; Hor. 13ᵃ אמר כולא (prob. to be read מרא כולא).—Lev. R. s. 31 מָרִי נח my lord Noah. Y. Peah VIII, end, 21ᵇ לא יכעוס מָרִי עלי let my lord not be angry &c.; a. e.—Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 19. Targ. Prov. XXIII, 2; a. fr.—Snh. 109ᵇ אי מר רבה … ואי מר וכ׳ if the one (Moses) is teacher (leader), thou art a pupil (subordinate), and if the other (Korah) is &c. Ḥull. 105ᵃ, a. fr. מר אמר חדא ומר אמר וכ׳ one said one thing, another another thing, but they do not differ. Yoma 20ᵇ ומר אמר לי Ms. M. (ed. ואת אמרת) and you, Sir, say to me &c. Ib. מר ניהו רב נינח מר (Rashi מר הוא) the man (you speak of) is a teacher; sit down, Sir. B. Kam. 60ᵇ מר אמר ליה לימא מר וכ׳ one said to him, tell us, Sir &c.—Ber. 2ᵃ, a. fr. אמר מר it has been said (introducing a discussion on a subject previously touched upon). Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot., a. e. אכן מָרָהּ דשמעתא וכ׳ in such a case the author of the rule would not have maintained it. Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᶜ הא מרי שמועתא והא מ׳ עובדא here is a master of traditions and a master of practice. Gen. R. s. 58 (expl. תושב, Gen. XXIII, 4) מארי ביתא (= בעל הבית) owner of a house, citizen, opp. דיירא. Succ. 32ᵇ, a. fr. שרי ליה מָרֵיה ל־ the Lord forgive him (he is mistaken).—Ned. 50ᵃ יעביד מָרָנָא עליה let our lord do with this (be contented for the present). Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ [read:] אין את מָרָהּ דנפשך (cmp. Prov. XXIII, 2) if thou art master over thy desire; אי נפשך מָרָתָךְ if thy desire is master over thee; Deut. R. s. 2 אנא מָרֵי דנפשי אנא I am master over my desire; a. fr.—Pl. מָרֵי = בַּעֲלִים (used as sing. a. pl.; v. supra). Targ. Is. III, 12; a. fr.—מָרָוָותָא, מָרָוָתָא (pl. of מָרוּתָא). Targ. Prov. V, 13 (h. text מוֹרָי).—Gitt. 40ᵃ כלו מ׳ בתראי the owners at second hand (of the settlement of slaves) died out; אהדרו אבני מ׳ קדמאי apply (for emancipation) to the heirs of the original owners. B. Bath. 3ᵇ קטלינהו לכולהו מָרָוָתֵיה (Var. לכולהו בני מרותיה) he (Herod) killed all of his master’s family. B. Kam. 103ᵃ מ׳ דכיתנא Ms. M. (ed. מָרָוָותֵיה) the owner of the flax; a. fr.—Mar Samuel, Mar Ukban &c., v. respect. pr. nouns.—Fem. מָרְתָא, מָרְתָה e.g. Genesis 23:4
- 1. mistress, constr. מָרַת. Targ. I Kings XVII, 17. Targ. Is. XXIV, 2; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 52, v. בַּעֲלָה. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ מ׳ דביתא the hostess. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵇ top [read:] הב ליה יתיר דנפשיה מָרָתֵיה give him (the poor man) more, for his appetite is his master (he is used to good living). Y. Ab. Zar. l. c., v. supra; a. fr.
- 2. pr. n. f. Martha. Gitt. 56ᵃ; a. fr. מ׳ בת ביתוס, v. בַּיְתוֹס.—M. Kat. 26ᵇ bot. אבא בר מ׳ (Ms. M. מָרַת); Yeb. 120ᵃ; Sabb. 121ᵇ; Yoma 84ᵃ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60); a. e.
- 3. pr. n. m. (?). Snh. 5ᵃ bot. B. Bath. 52ᵃ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8). Pes. 103ᵃ top מ׳ אמר (Ms. M. 1 רב ברונא; Ms. M. 2 מרונא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
מָרֵי
- , v. מָר
מרי I
- (b. h.) to be strong, fat.
- to fatten, stuff. Sabb. XXIV, 3 (155ᵇ) אין מַמְרִים וכ׳ (Y. ed. מַמְרִין; Bab. ed. מאמירין, v. אָמַר II) you must not stuff calves (on the Sabbath), v. הַמְרָאָה I.
מרי II
- v. preced.; cmp. מָר, to rebel against. Part. מוֹרֶה.—סורר ומ׳ (בן) the rebellious son, amenable to the law (Deut. XXI, 18–21). Snh. VIII, 1 מאימתי נעשה בן ס׳ ומ׳ when is one to be dealt with as a sorer umoreh? Ib. 68ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. מוֹרִים, מוֹרִין, v. מוֹרֶה II, a. מוֹרוֹס. e.g. Deuteronomy 21:18
- 1. to make strong, energetic. Gen. R. s. 42, end (play on מַמְרֵא) שה׳ פנים וכ׳ he showed a stern countenance against Abraham (rebuking him).
- 2. to provoke, to rebel. Y. Kidd. IV, beg. 65ᵇ (play on אמר, Neh. VII, 61) שהִימְרוּ לאל וכ׳ they provoked God with their evil doings. Ex. R. s. 1, end שעתידים להַמְרוֹת וכ׳ that they will rebel at the Red Sea; a. fr.—Esp. to disregard the authority of the Supreme Court (v. מַמְרֵא II). Snh. 14ᵇ; Sot. 45ᵃ; a. e. e.g. Nehemiah 7:61
- 3. to incite one against the other, to arrange a race; to bet. Snh. 25ᵇ (expl. מפריחי יונים) שמַמְרִין וכ׳ those who race doves (and bet on them). Sabb. 31ᵃ top שהִמְרוּ זה את זה who entered a wager.
מְרֵי
- ; Af. אַמְרֵי to provoke. [Targ. Zech. XII, 10, v. מְרר].—Sot. 35ᵇ top מאן אַמְרִיךְ דאִימַּרְיַית (Ar. ed. Koh. s. v. אמר: אימרייך דאימרת, corr. acc.) who provoked thee that thou didst get angry?; Num. R. s. 5, end.—Gen. R. s. 42 (play on א̇מ̇ר̇פל̇) דא̇מ̇ר̇י וא̇פ̇ל̇י וכ׳ he provoked and made sport of &c.
- 1. to get angry. Num. R. l. c. דאִמַּרְיַת; Sot. l. c., v. supra.
- 2. to quarrel, rebel. B. Mets. 84ᵇ אִימַּרְיָא Ms. M., v. מְרַד.—Ḥull. 58ᵇ אִימְּרָאִי … לבקא Ar., v. בַּקָּא (ed. אִימְּרָא … מב׳ she ran away in anger from &c., v. מְרַד). Keth. 63ᵇ אימראי quot. in Rashi to Job XXXIX, 18 (ed. אימרדה). e.g. Job 39:18
- 3. to refuse to abide by a bargain; to retract. B. Mets. 77ᵃ אייקרא … ואִימְּרוּ פועלים labor became dearer, and the laborers struck. Ib. ואימרי בעה"ב Ar. (ed. ואימר, fr. ימר, v. מוּר I) and the employer refused &c.
מָרִי
- Mari, name of several persons. Sabb. 154ᵃ (v. marginal note); B. Mets. 110ᵃ מ׳ ברה דבת שמואל; B. Bath. 149ᵃ (דאיסור גיורא) מ׳ בריה.—Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵇ top רב יצחק בר מ׳ (Bab. ib. 51ᵃ top יצחק קסקסאה); cmp. מָרְיוֹן.—B. Mets. 39ᵇ, v. אִיסָק.—Bets. 28ᵇ מ׳ בריה דרב בינזא; a. several others.
עֹל
- , v. עוֹל
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms H4810 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בַ֖עַל | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 9:40 | 1 |
| וּ/מְרִי | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 9:40 | 1 |
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Bible dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Contender with Baal, (1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40), elsewhere called Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 4:4), the son of Jonathan.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
he that resists Baal; rebellion
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Septuagint verse parallels
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