מְרִיב בַּעַלMᵉrîyb Baʻal

proper name, masculine: baal is, advocate

Pronunciation: mer-eeb' bah'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4807

Meanings

1. son of Jonathan (1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40; 2 Samuel 4:4)

2. son of saul and Rispah (2 Samuel 21:8)

Same root

רִיבrîyb · H7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
בַּעַלBaʻal · H1168Baal, a Phoenician deity

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

1 Chronicles 8:34 Jonathan was the father of Merib-baal. Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
1 Chronicles 9:40 Jonathan was the father of Merib-baal. Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

See every passage

1 Chronicles 8:34, 9:40

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).