Gebal

A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1.) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea (Ps. 83:7); now called Djebal. (2.) A Phoenician city, not far from the sea coast, to the north of Beyrout (Ezek. 27:9); called by the Greeks Byblos. Now Jibeil. Mentioned in the Amarna tablets. An important Phoenician text, referring to the temple of Baalath, on a monument of Yehu-melek, its king (probably B.C. 600), has been discovered.

(mountain), a maritime town of Phoenicia, near Tyre, (Ezekiel 27:9) known by the Greeks as Byblus. It is called Jebail by the Arabs, thus reviving the old biblical name.

GE'BAL (mountain). A place near Tyre; now Jebail, 10 miles north of Beyrout, and known as Byblus by the Greeks. Eze 27:9. Among the ruins of an ancient citadel are stones 20 feet long, and in finish and size closely resembling those seen in the foundation of the temple at Jerusalem, and suggesting the same class of workmen. Some identify the Gebal of Ps 83:7 with northern Edom, called el-Jebal, but others regard it as Geba, No. 1.

bound; limit

GE'BAL (mountain). A place near Tyre; now Jebail, 10 miles north of Beyrout, and known as Byblus by the Greeks. Eze 27:9. Among the ruins of an ancient citadel are stones 20 feet long, and in finish and size closely resembling those seen in the foundation of the temple at Jerusalem, and suggesting the same class of workmen. Some identify the Gebal of Ps 83:7 with northern Edom, called el-Jebal, but others regard it as Geba, No. 1.