Strong H5745עוֹבָל
Obal
- Transliteration
- ‛ôbâl
- Pronunciation
- o-bawl'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Obal} a son of Joktan: - Obal.
{Obal} a son of Joktan: - Obal.
Meaning of the name
Obal = "stripped bare"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28;
son of: Joktan (H3355);
brother of: Almodad (H486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H39), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)
Also named: e.val (עֵיבָל "Obal" H5858A)
son of: Joktan (H3355);
brother of: Almodad (H486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H39), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)
Also named: e.val (עֵיבָל "Obal" H5858A)
In the biblical story
Obal
Son of Joktan
Obal was one of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem, mentioned in the Table of Nations.
In the Bible
Strong H5745 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obal1
First verses
- Genesis 10:28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,