Bible Dictionary

Obal

The name Obal means “inconvenience of old age”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Stripped, the eight son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28); called also Ebal (1 Chr. 1:22).

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.