Jabal

Jabal, Biblical name:

Genesis [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/kjv2www?specfile=/texts/english/religion/kjv/kjv-pub.o2w&act=text&offset=2929223&textreg=0&query=jabal 4:20] : "And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,"

Jabal, Jebel, etc. may refer to:

* Jabal al-Tair Island
* Biblical figure Jabal
* Muadh ibn Jabal
* Mountains and mountainous regions:
** Jabal al-Tariq, a.k.a. Rock of Gibraltar
**Jabal al-Thawr
**Jabal al-Nour, "Mountain of Light"
** Jebel Akhdar (Libya)
** Jebel Akhdar (Oman)
** Jebel Shams
** Jebel Barkal
** Jbel Toubkal
** Djebel Zaghouan
** Jebel ech Chambi
** Jbel Toubkal
* Jibal, late 1st-millennium-CE West-Asian realm
* Djebel (1937-1958), race horse
* Jabel, German municipality

See also:
* Jabalpur, a city in central India


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  • JABAL — (Heb. יָבָל), first son of Lamech by Adah; culturehero, father of tent dwellers who keep livestock (Gen. 4:20)   in the seventh generation after Adam. He is descended from Cain and is brother to jubal . The name Jabal may possibly be derived from …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Jabal — Jabal, Sohn Lamechs, der zuerst die nomadische Lebensweise u. die Viehzucht getrieben haben soll …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Jabal — Jabal, Sohn des Lamech (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • JABAL — frater Iubalis, apud Mosen Gen. c. 4. v. 20. Pater fuit habitantis in tabernaculo et pecoris: i. e. primus auctor habitantium in tabernaculis cum pecore; non enim pater fuit pecoris, i. e. auctor cogendi pecoris, quod iam Abel occupaverat, idem… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Jabal — Nom arabe relativement rare. Il signifie montagne …   Noms de famille

  • Jabal — Djebel Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Djebel, jebel, gebel, djabal, jabal ou jbel[1] désigne soit une montagne soit tout un massif montagneux[2]. Les différentes graphies sont dues aux… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jabal — /jay beuhl/, n. a son of Lamech, and the progenitor of nomadic shepherds. Gen. 4:20. * * * (as used in expressions) Jabal al Shaykh Jabal River Bahr al Jabal Jabal Lubnan * * * …   Universalium

  • Jabal — /jay beuhl/, n. a son of Lamech, and the progenitor of nomadic shepherds. Gen. 4:20. * * * jabal var. jebel …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jabal —    A stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle (Gen. 4:20). This description indicates that he led a wandering life …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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