Lexical Definition

‎מְפִיבֹשֶׁת‎ Mᵉphîybôsheth (mef-ee-bo'-sheth) Mephibosheth ^N:N-M-P
or מְפִבֹשֶׁת Mᵉphibôsheth (mef-ee-bo'-sheth); probably from ‎פָּאָה‎ and ‎בֹּשֶׁת‎; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal)

Mephibosheth.

• § Mephibosheth = "exterminating the idol"
• Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites

1) grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine
2) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
2a) also 'Merib-baal'