Word Summary
Mehetabel: "God benefits", wife of an Edomite king, also an ancestor of the false prophet Shemaiah
Original Word: מְהֵיטַבְאֵלTransliteration: Mehetabel
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-hay-tab-ale')
Part of Speech: proper name, person; feminine; maculine
Short Definition: "God benefits", wife of an Edomite king, also an ancestor of the false prophet Shemaiah
Meaning: Mehetabel -- "God benefits", wife of an Edomite king, also an ancestor of the false prophet Shemaiah
Strong's Concordance
Mehetabeel, Mehetabel
From yatab (augmented) and 'el; bettered of God; Mehetabel, the name of an Edomitish man and woman -- Mehetabeel, Mehetabel.
see HEBREW yatab
see HEBREW 'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4105. Mehetabel
מְהֵיטַבְאֵל proper name, person ( = אֵל מֵיטִיב God benefits) —
1. feminine an Edomite princess Genesis 36:39 (P), 1 Chronicles 1:50.
2. maculine ancestor of the false prophet Shemaiah Nehemiah 6:10.