Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1380 - גְּבַל
Transliteration
Gᵉbal
Phonetics
gheb-al'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H1379) (in the sense of a chain of hills)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Gebal = “mountain”
1) a maritime town of Phoenicia near Tyre (modern ‘Jebeil’) known to the Greeks as ‘Byblus’
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Ezekiel
1
NAS (1)
Ezekiel
1
HCS (1)
Ezekiel
1
BSB (1)
Ezekiel
1
ESV (1)
Ezekiel
1
WEB (1)
Ezekiel
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
גְּבַל proper name, of a location maritime city on the Phoenician coast Ezekiel 27:9; (Phoenician גבל = Byblus (Sm D1Joshua 13:5); in Assyrian Gubli COT Gloss); modern Jebeil Bd Pal 358; see also Furrer ZPV viii.20
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
גְּבַל (i.q. جَبَلُ “mountain” [“see the root גָּבַל No. 1.”]), [Gebal], pr.n. of a city of the Phœnicians, between Tripoli and Berytus, situated not far from the sea, in a lofty place (Strabo xvi. P. 755, Casaub.), whose inhabitants were skilful as sailors (Ezekiel 27:9) and as architects (1 Ki. 5:32 ). It was called by the Greeks, Βύβλος (see Strabo, Ptol., Steph. Byz.), rarely Βίβλος, by the Arabs to this day جِبْلَةُ, and dimin. جِبَيْلُ, جُبَيْلُ, i.e. little mountain. Gent. n. גִּבְלִי [Giblites, stone-squarers], pl. גִּבְלִים 1 Ki. 5:32.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available BibleSupport.com
List of Word Forms
גְבַ֤ל גבל ḡə·ḇal ḡəḇal geVal
