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עֵיבָל

e.valObal
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man8 occurrences4 books8 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Ebal: Son of Shobal and descendant of Seir the Horite
  • Obal: Son of Joktan
  • Mount Ebal: A mountain in Canaan, site of curses and blessings ceremony

Definition

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

Glossary entries

Mount Ebal Ebal Obal Salmon (Place)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. Genesis 36:23וְעֵיבָ֑ל · Ebal
    These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
  2. Deuteronomy 11:29עֵיבָֽל׃ · Ebal
    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.
  3. Deuteronomy 27:4עֵיבָ֑ל · Ebal
    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.
  4. Deuteronomy 27:13עֵיבָ֑ל · Ebal
    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  5. Joshua 8:30עֵיבָֽל׃ · Ebal
    At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
  6. Joshua 8:33עֵיבָ֑ל · Ebal
    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:22עֵיבָ֥ל · Obal
    Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:40וְעֵיבָ֖ל · Ebal
    The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.