ʻÊybâl — H5858

H5858 · Hebrew — עיבל

Pronunciation: ay-bawl'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ebal, a mountain of Palestine

  1. Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"
  2. n pr m
  3. a son of Shobal
  4. n pr loc
  5. mountain of cursing, north of Shechem and opposite Mount Gerizim

Usually translated as

Ebal

Origin

perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare

Occurrences

ʻÊybâl occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (2)