(Hebrews Merib'-Ba'al, מְרַיב בִּעִל, contender with Baal, 1 Chronicles 8:34; Sept. Μεριβαάλ v.r. Μεφριβαάλ,Vulg. Meribaal; also in the contracted form Meri'-Ba'al מְרַי בִעִל, 1 Chronicles 9:40; Sept. Μεριβαάλ v r. .Μεχριβαάλ,Vulg. Meribaal, the son of Jonathan, elsewhere called MEPHIBOSHETH (2 Samuel 4:4, etc.), apparently from an unwillingness to pronounce the idolatrous name of Baal. (See ISHBOSHETH).