Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H5858
עֵיבָל
ebalay-bawl'
Obal; Ebal; (Mount) Ebal
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻÊybâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5858is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5858
Ebal, a mountain of Palestine
The King James renders it: Ebal.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ebal is rendered "Obal; Ebal; (Mount) Ebal". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Obal".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 36:23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Genesis 36:23וְעֵיבָ֑ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: Obal, and Ebal, and (Mount) Ebal.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ObalStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 36:23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. |
| EbalStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (Mount) EbalStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ebal6
- and Ebal2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עֵיבָ֑ל3
- עֵיבָֽל׃2
- וְעֵיבָ֑ל1
- וְעֵיבָ֖ל1
- עֵיבָ֥ל1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)5HNpl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- proper noun (a name)1HNpm
Genesis
one use
These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
- וְעֵיבָ֑לveeivalconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ebal
Deuteronomy
three uses
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
- עֵיבָֽל׃ʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.
- עֵיבָ֑לʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- עֵיבָ֑לʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
Joshua
two uses
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
- עֵיבָֽל׃ʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
- עֵיבָ֑לʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
1 Chronicles
two uses
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
- עֵיבָ֥לʾeivalproper noun (a name)tagged: Ebal
The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
- וְעֵיבָ֖לveeivalconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ebal
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.