What does "Ebal" mean in the Bible?
1. A descendant of Seir the Horite. A descendant of Eber, 1 Chr 1:22; called Obal in Gen 10:28, E'BAL (stone, stony), one of the two mountains upon which Israel stood pronouncing blessings and cursings. Ebal appears in 5 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Ebal?
E'BAL (stone). 1. A descendant of Seir the Horite. Gen 36:23; 1 Chr 1:40. A descendant of Eber, 1 Chr 1:22; called Obal in Gen 10:28, E'BAL (stone, stony), one of the two mountains upon which Israel stood pronouncing blessings and cursings. Deut 11:29; Josh 8:30-35. Ebal and Gerizim are opposite each other, nearly meeting at their bases, but are a mile and a half apart at their summits. Mount Ebal, the northern peak, is rocky and bare; it rises 3070 feet above the sea and 1200 feet above the level of the valley, which forms a natural amphitheatre. From repeated experiments it has been found that the voice can be heard distinctly from the top of one mountain to the other and in the valley between. In the valley lay ancient Shechem, now Nablus. The summit of Ebal is a plateau of some extent, reaching its greatest height toward the west, from which there is an extensive view of the country from Hermon on the north to the heights of Bethel on the south, and from the plain of the sea on the west to the Hauran plateau on the east. Conder suggests that the site of Joshua's altar may be represented by the modern sacred place called Amad-ed-Dia, "monument of the faith," on the top of Ebal. See Gerizim and Shechem.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Ebal?
Where does Ebal appear in the Bible?
Ebal is referenced in 5 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Deuteronomy 11:29
- Deuteronomy 27:4
- Deuteronomy 27:13
- Joshua 8:30
- Joshua 8:33
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Ebal.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Ebal?
Ebal appears in 5 verses across 2 books, most often in Deuteronomy, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Ebal?
Deuteronomy, Joshua.
Where can I read every verse about Ebal?
This page lists 5 of them. Protos carries all 5, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
