Stripped, the eight son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28); called also Ebal (1 Chr. 1:22).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Obal
Name meaning: inconvenience of old age (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(stripped bare), son of Joktan, and, like the rest of family, apparently the founder of an Arab tribe. (Genesis 10:28) In (1 Chronicles 1:22) the name is written Ebal.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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