Obil — the meaning of the Hebrew name אוֹבִיל

אוֹבִיל

ʼôwbîyl · pronounced o-beel' · Strong's H179 · a man

Obil means mournful.

Built from

אָבַל ʼâbal (probably from, H56) — to bewail open in the lexicon ›

probably from H56; mournful; Obil, an Ishmaelite.

1Chr 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 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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