Strong H4778מֶ֫רֶד

Mered

Transliteration
mered
Pronunciation
meh'-red
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

The same as H4777; {Mered} an Israelite: - Mered.

Meaning of the name

Mered = "rebellion"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.17;
son of: Ezrah (H5834);
brother of: Jether (H3500J), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210); married to Bithiah (H1332)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057)(?);
father of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?), Ishbah (H3431)(?), Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?)

In the biblical story

Mered

Son of Ezrah from the tribe of Judah.

Mered, a son of Ezrah, married Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh (1Ch.4.17,18).

In the Bible

Strong H4778 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mered2

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:17
    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
  2. 1 Chronicles 4:18
    And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
See every occurrence

Occurrences by book

Related words