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Lexicon :: Strong's H5858 - ʿêḇāl

Aa
עֵיבָל
Transliteration
ʿêḇāl
Pronunciation
ay-bawl'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald
Strong’s Definitions

עֵיבָל ʻÊybâl, ay-bawl'; perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare; Ebal, a mountain of Palestine:—Ebal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5858 in the following manner: Ebal (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5858 in the following manner: Ebal (8x).

  1. Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Shobal

      proper locative noun

    2. mountain of cursing, north of Shechem and opposite Mount Gerizim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵיבָל ʻÊybâl, ay-bawl'; perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare; Ebal, a mountain of Palestine:—Ebal.
STRONGS H5858: Abbreviations
† [H5745 עוֺבָל], I. עֵיבָל proper name, of a people Arabian people, descended from Joktan according to [H5745 Genesis 10:28] (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Γαιβαλ); = עֵיבָל 1 Chronicles 1:22 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ηβηλ). On location compare GlaserSkizze ii. 426.

† II. עֵיבָל proper name, masculine or of a people name in Edom, Genesis 36:23 (Greek Version of the LXX Γαιβηλ), = 1 Chronicles 1:40 (Greek Version of the LXX Γαιβηλ), A Γαοβηλ LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ουβαλ); according to GlaserSkizze ii. 426 possibly = foregoing (above) (compare with name of (god) Bēl, WklGeschichte. Israel 120; Alttest. Unters. 117 f.).

† III. עֵיבָל proper name, of a mountain Ebal, the mountain of cursing, north of Shechem (Nabulus), and opposite Mt. Gerizim (mountain of blessing, south of Shechem), Deuteronomy 11:29, also Joshua 8:30, Joshua 8:33 (D); Greek Version of the LXX Γαιβαλ (connection with above √ dubious; on בל = Bēl, compare GrayProp. N. 124 n., and references); — on Ebal see RobBR ii. 275 ff. GASmGeogr. Ch. vi. Di Deuteronomy 11:29 Drib. BdPal. (1898), 257.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:23

Deuteronomy

11:29; 11:29

Joshua

8:30; 8:33

1 Chronicles

1:22; 1:40

H5858

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5858 matches the Hebrew עֵיבָל (ʿêḇāl),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:23 - And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:29 - And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4 - And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:13 - And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:30 - Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:22 - And Ebal and Abimael and Sheba

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:40 - The sons of Shobal: Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
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