Bible Names

Mesha: meaning of the name

Mesha means “burden; salvation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Mesha in Hebrew and Greek

מֵישָׁא H4331

Mêyshâʼ (may-shaw') — Mesha, a place in Arabia; also an Israelite

from H4185 (מוּשׁ); departure;

מֵישָׁע H4337

Mêyshâʻ (may-shah') — Mesha, an Israelite

from H3467 (יָשַׁע); safety;

מֵישַׁע H4338

Mêyshaʻ (may-shaw') — Mesha, a Moabite

a variation for H4337 (מֵישָׁע); safety;

מֵשָׁא H4852

Mêshâʼ (may-shaw') — Mesha, a place in Arabia

of foreign derivation;

People named Mesha in the Bible

Places named Mesha

Mesha in Scripture

“Mesha” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 10:30

    And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

  • 2 Kings 3:4

    And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:42

    Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:9

    And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,