Definition

Meri-Baal, an epithet of Gideon

Etymology

from H4805 (מְרִי) and H1168 (בַּעַל); rebellion of (i.e. against) Baal;

Word family

• מְרִי mᵉrîy
• בַּעַל Baʻal

How the KJV renders it

• Meri-baal. Compare H4807 (מְרִיב בַּעַל)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.