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שׁוֹבָלShôwbâl

Shobal, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

Pronunciation: sho-bawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7732

Meanings

1. Edomite name (Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:23; Genesis 36:29)

2.

a. in Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:52)

b. in Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Chronicles 4:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 36:20 These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • Genesis 36:23 The descendants of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
  • Genesis 36:29 So these were the leaders of the Horite clans: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:38 The descendants of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:40 The descendants of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:50 These were all descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim),
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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).