Mᵉchôlâthîy — H4259

Definition

adjective

a Mecholathite or inhabitant of Abel-Mecholah

1. Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing"
2. an inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah'
1. ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai

Usually translated as

Mecholathite

Origin

patrial from H65

• Derived from ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh (H65)

Occurrences

Mᵉchôlâthîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1)

• 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 (הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י) 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 (הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי):