Bible Person
Meaning: ancient heaps · Male · 2 cross references
This Ebal entry refers to the Joktanite descendant, also called Obal in Genesis, not to the Horite Ebal or to Mount Ebal. He belongs to the genealogical spread of peoples in the table of nations. First appears in Gen 10:28.1
Name meaning
ancient heaps
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 10:28
AI summary: This Ebal matters because the cross references place him among the descendants of Joktan, extending the biblical genealogy of nations into specific named branches. Even where names vary across parallel texts, the underlying concern is to preserve a coherent map of peoples. Taken together, the material presents this Ebal as a Joktanite ancestral figure contributing to Scripture's global genealogy.1
Central Figure
Ebal
Meaning: ancient heaps
A descendant of Eber (1 Chr.
Siblings
Name meaning
ancient heaps
Identity
male
A descendant of Eber (1 Chr. 1:22), called also Obal (Gen. 10:28). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.