International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MEHETABEL; MEHETABEELme-het'-a-bel, me-het'-a-bel (mehetah'el, "whom God makes happy"):
(1) Daughter of Matred, wife of Hadad or Hadar, the 8th and apparently last of the kings of Edom (Genesis 36:39 1 Chronicles 1:50).
(2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to commit sacrilege (Nehemiah 6:10-13).
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah (
Nehemiah 6:10).
Strong's Hebrew
4105. Mehetabel -- "God benefits," wife of an Edomite king, also ...... Mehetabeel, Mehetabel. From yatab (augmented) and 'el; bettered of God; Mehetabel,
the name of an Edomitish man and woman --
Mehetabeel, Mehetabel.
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