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H5858 עֵיבָל (ʻÊybâl) ay-bawl'

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Biblical Persons & Places

Ebal Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.23; only referred to as Ebal (עֵיבָל); son of Shobal; a brother of Alvan, Manahath, Shepho and Onam.
Ebal_Mount Mount Ebal
A location first mentioned at Deu.11.29; referred to as Ebal Mount (עֵיבָל), or (Mount) Zalmon (צַלְמוֹן), or (Mount )Ephraim (אֶפְרַ֫יִם).

Strong's Definition

Ebal, a mountain of Palestine

Derivation: perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare;

KJV Usage: Ebal.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"
n pr m
1) a son of Shobal
n pr loc
2) mountain of cursing, north of Shechem and opposite Mount Gerizim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֵיבָל (e.val) — Obal. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) Another spelling of o.val (עוֹבָל "Obal" H5745) § Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" Arabian people, descended from Joktan

עֵיבָל (e.val) — Ebal. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.23; son of: Shobal (H7732); brother of: Alvan (H5935), Manahath (H4506B), Shepho (H8195) and Onam (H0208) § Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" a son of Shobal

עֵיבָל (e.val) — (Mount) Ebal.

§ Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" mountain of cursing, north of Shechem and opposite Mount Gerizim

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of People

Ebal = man; ◄ son of Shobal; descendant of Seir

GEN 36:23 · 1CH 1:40

Names of People | ≈ עֹובָל

Ebal = man, also known as Obal; ◄ son of Joktan; descendant of Shem; ► regarded as founder of ethnic group with the same name

1CH 1:22

Names of Landforms

Ebal = mountain, ◄ located to the north of Shechem near Mount Gerizim; ► place where the Israelites had to pronounce a curse

DEU 11:29 · DEU 27:4 · DEU 27:13 · JOS 8:30 · JOS 8:33

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עוֹבָל, I. עֵיבָל n.pr.gent. Arabian people, descended from Joktan acc. to Gn 10:28; = עֵיבָל‎ 1 Ch 1:22 ref

עֵיבָל n.pr.m. vel gent. name in Edom base

עֵיבָל n.pr.mont. Ebal, the mt. of cursing, N. of Shechem (Nabulus), and opp. Mt. Gerizim (mt. of blessing, S. of Shechem) base

Bible Occurrences (8)

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