Hebrew word · H5858

עֵיבָל

'eival

(Mount )Ebal

Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain"

mountain of cursing, north of Shechem and opposite Mount Gerizim

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 36:23 וְעֵיבָ֑ל and Ebal

    These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Deuteronomy · 3

  1. Deuteronomy 11:29 עֵיבָֽל׃ Ebal

    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.

  2. Deuteronomy 27:4 עֵיבָ֑ל 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.

  3. Deuteronomy 27:13 עֵיבָ֑ל Ebal

    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Joshua · 2

  1. Joshua 8:30 עֵיבָֽל׃ Ebal

    At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,

  2. Joshua 8:33 עֵיבָ֑ל 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.

    Here: The northern, higher peak. It is the mountain of the curse in Deut 11:29 and 27:13, and the site of the altar just built (Josh 8:30).

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:22 עֵיבָ֥ל Ebal

    Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

  2. 1 Chronicles 1:40 וְעֵיבָ֖ל and Ebal

    The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

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