Bible Names

Shobal: meaning of the name

Shobal means “path; ear of corn.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shobal in Hebrew and Greek

שׁוֹבָל H7732

Shôwbâl (sho-bawl') — Shobal, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל); overflowing;

People named Shobal in the Bible

Shobal in Scripture

“Shobal” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:20

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

  • Genesis 36:23

    And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

  • Genesis 36:29

    These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:38

    And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:40

    The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:50

    These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,

  • 1 Chronicles 2:52

    And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:1

    The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.