Strong H4259מְחֹלָתִי

Meholathite

Transliteration: mechôlâthîy
Pronunciation: mekh-o-law-thee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H65; a Mecholathite or inhabitant of Abel Mecholah: - Mecholathite.

Meaning of the name

Meholathite = Mehola "of dancing"

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Meholath(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19

In the biblical story

Meholathites

People from Abel-meholah, including Adriel and Barzillai.

The Meholathites were people from Abel-meholah, including Adriel, who married Saul's daughter Merab, and Barzillai, whose son married Saul's daughter Michal (1Sa.18.19; 2Sa.21.8).

In the Bible

Strong H4259 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

1 Samuel 18:19
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.
2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: