Strong H7532רִצְפָּה

Rizpah

Transliteration: ritspâh
Pronunciation: rits-paw'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

The same as H7531; {Ritspah} an Israelitess: - Rizpah.

Meaning of the name

Rizpah = "pavement"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.7;
daughter of: Aiah (H345H); married to Saul (H7586G);
mother of: Armoni (H764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H)

In the biblical story

Rizpah

Concubine of Saul; mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth

Rizpah was a concubine of King Saul and the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were executed by the Gibeonites.

In the Bible

Strong H7532 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

rizpah4

First verses

2 Samuel 3:7
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
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:
2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Samuel 21:11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.