title: Mehetabel (name)
text: # Mehetabel (name)
  
  Mehetabel was the name of two minor biblical figures.
  
  * The wife of Hadar (Genesis 36:39)
  * A patriarch (Nehemiah 6:10)
  
  The name in Hebrew means 'how good is God' or 'has done good to us'.
  
  Mehetabel is also a given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Mehetabel Newman (1822–1908), New Zealand missionary and teacher
  * Mehetabel Wesley Wright (1697–1750), English poet, the fourth daughter of Samuel Wesley (father of John and Charles Wesley).
  