כָּבוּלKâbûwl
Cabul, the name of two places in Palestine
Pronunciation: kaw-bool' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3521
Meanings
1. city on border of Asher (Joshua 19:27)
2. district in Galilee, containing 20 cities given by Solomon to Hiram (1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 9:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 19:27 then it turned east toward Beth-dagon, and ran as far as Zebulun in the valley of Iphtah-el, going north to Beth-emek and Neiel. It then continued north to Cabul,
- 1 Kings 9:13 “What kind of towns are these, my brother?” he asked. So Hiram called that area Cabul (which means “worthless”), as it is still known today.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).