Hebrew word · H792

אֶשְׁבַּעַל

'eshba'al

Eshbaal

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8;

son of: Saul (H7586G);

brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H)

Another name of ish-bo.shet (אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת "Ish-bosheth" H0378)

§ Eshbaal = "a man of Baal"

the fourth son of Saul, also called Ishbosheth

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

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:33 אֶשְׁבָּֽעַל׃ Eshbaal

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:39 אֶשְׁבָּֽעַל׃ Eshbaal

    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

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