Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
אֶשְׁבַּעַל
- Transliteration
- ʼEshbaʻal
- Pronunciation
- esh-bah'-al
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 2
Glosses
Eshbaal.
Lexicon definition
Eshbaal (or Ishbosheth), a son of Saul
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Eshbaal
Or ISHBOSHETH, the fourth son of Saul. The Hebrews, to avoid pronouncing the word _baal_, “lord,” used _bosheth_, “confusion. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- אֶשְׁבַּעַל · ʼEshbaʻal
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Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Eshbaal
Man of Baal, the fourth son of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He is also called Ish-bosheth (q.v.), 2 Sam. 2:8.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
ESHBAAL
or ISHBOSHETH, the fourth son of Saul. The Hebrews, to avoid pronouncing the word _baal_, “lord,” used _bosheth_, “confusion.” Instead of Mephi-baal, they said Mephi-bosheth; and, instead of Esh-baal, they said Ish-bosheth, 2 Sam. ii, 8.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
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- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Eshbaal
Man of Baal, the fourth son of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He is also called Ish-bosheth (q.v.), 2 Sam. 2:8.
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Ish-bosheth
Man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul's four sons, and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years of age when his father and three brothers fell at the battle of Gilboa. Through the influence of Abner, Saul's cousin, he was acknowledged as successor to the throne of Saul, and ruled over all Israel, except the tribe of Judah (over whom David was king), for two years, having Mahanaim, on the east of Jordan, as his capital (2 Sam. 2:9). After a troubled and uncertain reign he was murdered by his guard, who stabbed him while he was asleep on his couch at mid-day (2 Sam. 4:5-7); and having cut off his head, presented it to David, who sternly rebuked them for this cold-blooded murder, and ordered them to be immediately executed (9-12).
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