# H4807 מְרִיב בַּעַל

מְרִיב בַּעַל (Mᵉrîyb Baʻal), Strong’s H4807: quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon KJV: Merib-baal. Compare H4810 (מְרִי בַעַל).. Occurs 6 times.

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*Mᵉrîyb Baʻal* — quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon

KJV: Merib-baal. Compare H4810 (מְרִי בַעַל).

Built from [רִיב rîyb](https://besorah.bible/word/H7378) (to toss, i.e. grapple) + [בַּעַל Baʻal](https://besorah.bible/word/H1168) (Baal, a Phoenician deity)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל n.pr.m. (Baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?))
- 1 son of Jonathan
- 2 son of Saul and Riṣpah

## Where it occurs
- [1 Chronicles 8:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/8?v=34) — The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
- [1 Chronicles 9:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=40) — The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.