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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Ebal

E'bal (Hebrews עֵבָיל, stone), the name of one or two persons, and also of a hill.

1. (Sept. Γεμιάν [Vat. MS. omits], Vulg. Hebal.), A various reading for OBAL (q.v.), the son of Joktan (1Ch 1:22; compare Ge 10:28).

2. (Γαιβήλ v. r. Ταιβήλ [1 Alex MS. Γαοβήλ], Vulg. Ebal.) The fourth son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite of Idumaea (Ge 36:23; 1Ch 1:40). B.C. ante 1694.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.