Ashbel — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַשְׁבֵּל

אַשְׁבֵּל

ʼAshbêl · pronounced ash-bale' · Strong's H788 · a man

Ashbel means flowing.

Built from

שֹׁבֶל shôbel (the same as, H7640) — a lady's train (as trailing after her) open in the lexicon ›

probably from the same as H7640; flowing; Ashbel, an Israelite.

Gen 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Genesis, Numbers, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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