Bible Person
Meaning: gilded · Male · 2 cross references
Mezahab is the parent of Matred and grandparent of Mehetabel in the Edomite royal genealogy. The entry is brief, but it helps anchor the household setting around the last kings named in Edom's line. First appears in Gen 36:39.1
Name meaning
gilded
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 36:39
AI summary: Mezahab matters because his cross references place the name inside the family details attached to Edomite royalty. Those small relational notes add depth to foreign genealogies and show that biblical memory extends to kinship networks, not only rulers and conflicts. Taken together, the material presents Mezahab as a familial point of reference within Edom's remembered royal house.1
Central Figure
Mezahab
Meaning: gilded
Water of gold, the father of Matred (Gen.
Name meaning
gilded
Identity
male
Water of gold, the father of Matred (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.