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HebrewH5858Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֵיבָל

e.val

8Occurrences
H5858Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ebal, a mountain of Palestine

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֵיבָל appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
3
1 Chronicles
2
Joshua
2
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:22BSB

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

1 Chronicles 1:40BSB

The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

Deuteronomy 11:29BSB

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:4BSB

And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 27:13BSB

And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.