Yabal means “Jabal” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2989 — lampo (“give light”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2989 יָבָל (Yabal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yabal (yaw-bawl') n/p. 1. Jabal, an antediluvian [the same as H2988] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include jabal. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Yabal (yaw-bawl') n/p. 1. Jabal, an antediluvian [the same as H2988] KJV: Jabal. Root(s): H2988
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Jabal
Usage: A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jabal = "stream of water" the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yabal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H2989.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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Yabal (Strong's H2989) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jabal". Yabal (yaw-bawl') n/p. 1. Jabal, an antediluvian [the same as H2988]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H2989 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2989 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jabal. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.