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Shobal — the meaning of the Hebrew name שׁוֹבָל

שׁוֹבָל

Shôwbâl · pronounced sho-bawl' · Strong's H7732 · a man

Shobal means overflowing.

Built from

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

Strong's definition

from the same as H7640; overflowing; Shobal, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.

First appearance

Gen 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Shobal

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

Gen 36:20Gen 36:23Gen 36:291Chr 1:381Chr 1:401Chr 2:501Chr 2:521Chr 4:11Chr 4:2

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