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 36:39 1 Chronicles 1:50 Nehemiah 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.