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Meholathite

מְחֹלָתִיStrong’s H4259

mecholati (me-cho-la-ti)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Mecholati is the Hebrew word usually translated “meholathite”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.”
1 Samuel 18:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. An inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah'ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai
How it's translated
  • the meholathite 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • 2 Samuel 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

מְחֹלָתִי mecholati · Meholathite

Someone descended from Meholath(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19 § Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing" 1) an inhabitant of a place evidently named 'Meholah' 1a) ascribed to Adriel and Barzillai

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.