H4259: מְחֹלָתִי
Mᵉchôlâthîy · pronounced mekh-o-law-thee' · “Meholathite”
Definition
a Mecholathite or inhabitant of Abel-Mecholah
KJV translates it as: Mecholathite.
Word origin: patrial from H65 (אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה);
Extended definition
Someone descended from Meholath(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19
§ Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing"
1) an inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah'
1a) ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai
§ Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing"
1) an inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah'
1a) ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4259 is translated
- meholathite ×2
Bible verses with H4259 (Mᵉchôlâthîy)
Mᵉchôlâthîy appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Samuel 18:19
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
- 2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: