Strong H58583 sensesעֵיבָל

(Mount) Ebal · Ebal · Obal

Transliteration
‛êybâl
Pronunciation
ay-bawl'

Meaning of the name

Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"

The 3 senses of Strong H5858

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5858 appears in 8 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. (Mount) EbalH5858CA mountain in Canaan, site of curses and blessings ceremony.5 verses · Deuteronomy, Joshua
  2. EbalH5858BSon of Shobal and descendant of Seir the Horite2 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
  3. ObalH5858ASon of Joktan1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald;
bare;
{Ebal} a mountain of Palestine: - Ebal.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ebal8

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:23
    And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
  2. Deuteronomy 11:29
    And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
  3. Deuteronomy 27:4
    Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
  4. Deuteronomy 27:13
    And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  5. Joshua 8:30
    Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
  6. Joshua 8:33
    And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:22
    And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:40
    The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.