Strong H5858H5858Cעֵיבָל

(Mount) Ebal

Transliteration: ‛êybâl
Pronunciation: ay-bawl'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Mount Ebal, also known as Mount Zalmon or Mount Ephraim, was a mountain in Canaan where the Israelites held a ceremony of curses and blessings (Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13; Joshua 8:30, 33; Judges 9:48; Psalm 68:14; Jeremiah 4:15).

Meaning of the name

Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"

General definition

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

In the biblical story

Ebal Mount

A mountain in Canaan, site of curses and blessings ceremony.

In the Bible

Strong H5858C appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ebal5

First verses

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.
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.
Deuteronomy 27:13
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Joshua 8:30
Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
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.

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