Mehetabel

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The son of Delaiah, Nehemiah 6:10. It seems a compound of three words—Mah-to-bel, How good is God! Perhaps this name was given at a time of some remarkable providence, as we do not find the name any where else in Scripture for the name of a man; and this was at a time of peculiar exercises of Israel. It is further remarkable, that we have the same name for a woman, Genesis 36:39.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MEHETABEL. 1 . The grandfather of Shemaiah ( Nehemiah 6:10 ). 2. The wife of Hadar or Hadad, king of Edom ( Genesis 36:30 , 1 Chronicles 1:50 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mehet'abel. (favored of God). The daughter of Matred, and wife of Hadad, king of Edom. Genesis 36:39.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:391 Chronicles 1:50Nehemiah 6:10

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Wife of Hadar, or Hadad, king of Edom. Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:39

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Meheytabel', מְהֵיטִבְאֵל, whose benefactor is God; or, according to Gesenius, a Chald. form for, מֶיטַיבאֵל, blessed by God; Vulg. Metabee), the name of a man and of a woman.

1. (Sept. Μετεβεήλ, Μεταβεήλ ) The daughter of Matred, and wife of Hadad, the last named of the original kings of Edom, whose native or regal city was Pai or Pan (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50). BC. prob. cir. 1619.

2. (Sept. Μεηταβεήλ v. r. Μεταβεήλ, Auth. Vers. "Mehetabeel.") The father of Delaiah, and grandfather of the Semaiah who connived with Sanballat in his attempts to decoy Nehemiah into signs of fear (Nehemiah 6:10). BC. considerably ante 446.