Shobal - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Shobal

pilgrim.

The second son of Seir the Horite; one of the Horite "dukes" ( Genesis 36:20 ).

One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur ( 1 Chronicles 2:50 1 Chronicles 2:52 ; 1 Chronicles 4:1 1 Chronicles 4:2 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Shobal". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Shobal

Shobal [N] [E] [S]

path; ear of corn

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Shobal'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Shobal

Shobal [N] [E] [H]

(flowing ).

Second son of Seir the Horite, ( Genesis 36:20 ; 1 Chronicles 1:38 ) and one of the "dukes" of the Horites ( Genesis 36:29 )
Son of Caleb the son of Hur and founder or prince of Kirjath-jearim. ( 1 Chronicles 2:50 1 Chronicles 2:52 ) (B.C. about 1445.)
In ( 1 Chronicles 4:1 1 Chronicles 4:2 ) Shobal appears with Hur among the sons of Judah. He is possibly the same as the preceding.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Shobal'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shobal

SHOBAL

sho'-bal (shobhal, "overflowing"; Sobal, with variants):

(1) An Edomite name mentioned in connection with Lotan, Zibeon and Anah, as that of a "son" of Seir (Genesis 36:20), the father of a clan (Genesis 36:23), and a Horite "duke" ('alluph) (Genesis 36:29; 1 Chronicles 1:38,40).

(2) A Calebite, the father (possibly of the inhabitants) of Kiriath-jearim (1 Chronicles 2:50,52).

(3) A Judahite, perhaps to be identified with (2) above (1 Chronicles 4:1).

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHOBAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.