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Ebal

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(stone). (1) Son of Shobal (Gen. 36:23²³And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. (Genesis 36:23)). (2) Son of Joktan (1 Chron. 1:22²²And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (1 Chronicles 1:22)). Obal (Gen. 10:28²⁸And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (Genesis 10:28)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Son of Shobal, a son of Seir (Gen. 36:23²³And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. (Genesis 36:23); 1 Chron. 1:40⁴⁰The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. (1 Chronicles 1:40)).

2. Son of Joktan, a descendant of Shem (1 Chron. 1:22²²And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, (1 Chronicles 1:22)). Called OBAL in Genesis 28.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5858 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

`Eybal

Phonic:

ay-bawl’

Meaning:

perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare; Ebal, a mountain of Palestine

KJV Usage:

Ebal

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

heaps of nothing: heaps of confusion

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Very thick; fat; stone; bare:―name of a person and of a mountain [OBAL], Gen. 36:23. {Crassissimus}