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Gebal — the meaning of the Hebrew name גְּבַל

גְּבַל

Gᵉbal · pronounced gheb-al' · Strong's H1380 · a place

Gebal means a mountain.

Built from

גָּבַל gâbal (from, H1379) — properly, to twist as a rope open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1379 (in the sense of a chain of hills); a mountain; Gebal, a place in Phoenicia.

First appearance

Ezek 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gebal

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ezekiel

Ezek 27:9

Other people or places called Gebal

Gebal (H1381) — Gebal, a region in Idumaea

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