Eshbaal — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶשְׁבַּעַל

אֶשְׁבַּעַל

ʼEshbaʻal · pronounced esh-bah'-al · Strong's H792 · a man

Eshbaal means man of Baal.

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אִישׁ ʼîysh (from, H376) — a man as an individual or a male person open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל Baʻal (and, H1168) — Baal, a Phoenician deity open in the lexicon ›

from H376 and H1168; man of Baal; Eshbaal (or Ishbosheth), a son of Saul.

1Chr 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal. (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 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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