Bible Dictionary

Obal

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

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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

O'BAL (bare), a son of Joktan who gave his name to an Arab tribe. Gen 10:28. The name is written "Ebal" in 1 Chr 1:22.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

inconvenience of old age