BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H187
u.zal — Uzal
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.27; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Uzal = "I shall be flooded" sixth son Joktan
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H211
o.phir — Ophir
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Ophir = "reducing to ashes" 1) eleventh son of Joktan 2) a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods 3) characteristic of fine gold 4) fine gold
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3103
yo.vav — Jobab
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211) and Havilah (H2341I) § Jobab = "a desert" 1) the last in order of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem 2) one of the kings of Edom 3) the king of Madon, located in northern Canaan, and one of the kings who opposed Joshua during the conquest and who were routed at Meron 4) head of a Benjamite house 5) another Benjamite
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5858
e.val — Obal
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) Another spelling of o.val (עוֹבָל "Obal" H5745) § Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" Arabian people, descended from Joktan
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3355
yoq.tan — Joktan
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.25; son of: Eber (H5677); brother of: Peleg (H6389); father of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Joktan = "smallness" son of Eber and descendant of Shem and patriarch of various Arabian tribes
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1913
ha.do.ram — Hadoram
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.27; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Hadoram = "noble honour" 1) the 5th son of Joktan, an Arabian tribe 2) a son of Tou, king of Hamath, was his father's ambassador to congratulate David on his victory over Hadarezer, king of Zobah
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1853
diq.lah — Diklah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.27; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Diklah = "palm grove" 1) a son of Joktan of Arabia 2) an Arabian territory or people?
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2700
cha.tsar.ma.vet — Hazarmaveth
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Hazarmaveth = "village of death" the 3rd in order of the sons of Joktan
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3392
ye.rach — Jerah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Jerah = "new moon" a 4th son of Joktan and a progenitor of an Arabian tribe
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H39
a.vi.ma.el — Abimael
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Abimael = "my father is El (God)" son of Joktan, descendant of Shem
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H486
al.mo.dad — Almodad
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Almodad = "not measured" a descendant of Shem
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8026
she.leph — Sheleph
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Sheleph = "a drawing forth" the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5745
o.val — Obal
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) Also named: e.val (עֵיבָל "Obal" H5858A) § Obal = "stripped bare" a son of Joktan and the founder of an Arab tribe
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:27; 1 Chr. 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
