Mêrâb — H4764

Definition

feminine proper noun

Merab, a daughter of Saul

1. Merab = "increase"
2. the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children

Usually translated as

Merab

Origin

from H7231; increase

• Derived from Râbab (H7231)

Occurrences

Mêrâb occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3)

• 1 Samuel 14:49 — Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab (מֵרַ֔ב), and the name of the younger Michal:
• 1 Samuel 18:17 — And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab (מֵרַב֙), her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
• 1 Samuel 18:19 — But it came to pass at the time when Merab (מֵרַ֥ב) Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.