Mehetabel

Wife of Hadar, king of Edom.

A written article for Mehetabel is still to come. Below and alongside: where Mehetabel appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 2000 BC
    1600 BC
  • Mehetabel
    1853 BC to 1617 BC

Original word

  • מְהֵיטַבְאֵל mehetabel, mehetabeel
    H4105
Relationships
Father: Husband of Matred Mother: Matred Husband: Hadad
Citations
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Where Mehetabel appears in Scripture

Genesis 36

וַיָּמָת בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן-עַכְבּוֹר וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַר וְשֵׁם עִירוֹ פָּעוּ וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל בַּת-מַטְרֵד בַּת מֵי זָהָֽב׃
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, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

1 Chronicles 1

וַיָּמָת בַּעַל חָנָן וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַד וְשֵׁם עִירוֹ פָּעִי וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל בַּת-מַטְרֵד בַּת מֵי זָהָֽב׃
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, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Nehemiah 6

וַֽאֲנִי-בָאתִי בֵּית שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה בֶן-דְּלָיָה בֶּן-מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל וְהוּא עָצוּר וַיֹּאמֶר נִוָּעֵד אֶל-בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל-תּוֹךְ הַֽהֵיכָל וְנִסְגְּרָה דַּלְתוֹת הַֽהֵיכָל כִּי בָּאִים לְהָרְגֶךָ וְלַיְלָה בָּאִים לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃
10
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, 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.