Mᵉhêyṭabʼêl — H4105

Definition

masculine proper noun

Mehetabel, the name of an Edomitish man and woman

1. Mehetabeel or Mehetabel = "favoured of God"
2. n pr m
3. the ancestor of Shemaiah, the false prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat
4. n pr f
5. the daughter of Matred and wife of king Hadad of Edom

Usually translated as

Mehetabel, Mehetabeel

Origin

from H3190 (augmented) and H410; bettered of God

• Derived from Yâṭab (H3190)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Mᵉhêyṭabʼêl occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Genesis 36:39 — And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel (מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל֙), the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
• 1 Chronicles 1:50 — And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel (מְהֵיטַבְאֵל֙), the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
• Nehemiah 6:10 — Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel (מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵ֖ל), who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.