HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1381
גְּבָל
ge.val — Gebal
Gebal = "a boundary" a mountainous area south of the Dead Sea Another spelling of ge.val (גְּבַל "Gebal" H1380)
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Gebal
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1380
גְּבַל
ge.val — Gebal
§ Gebal = "mountain" a maritime town of Phoenicia near Tyre (modern 'Jebeil') known to the Greeks as 'Byblus'
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גִּבְלִי
giv.li — Gebalite
Group of ge.val (גְּבַל "Gebal" H1380) § Giblites = "a boundary" inhabitants of Gebal
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A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1.) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea (Ps. 83:7); now called Djebal. (2.) A Phoenician city, not far from the sea coast, to the north of Beyrout (Ezek. 27:9); called by the Greeks Byblos. Now Jibeil. Mentioned in the Amarna tablets. An important Phoenician text, referring to the temple of Baalath, on a monument of Yehu-melek, its king (probably B.C. 600), has been discovered.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.