This word comes from the name of Gebal.
Definition
; patrial from H1380; a Gebalite, or inhabitant of Gebal
Traditional renderings: Giblites, stone-squarer.
Traditional renderings: Giblites, stone-squarer.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Joshua 13:5הַגִּבְלִ֗י · of the Gebalites…the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- 1 Kings 5:18וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים · along with the GebalitesSo Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.