or Mphibosheth {mef-ee-bo'-sheth}; probably from
H6284 and
H1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites:--Mephibosheth.
Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
- grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine
- son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
- also 'Merib-baal'
