How to Pronounce Jabneel
JAB-nee-uhl
Jabneel is pronounced JAB-nee-uhl (ˈdʒæbniːəl): three syllables, stress on the first.
What does Jabneel mean?
Jabneel means “building of God”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Jabneel?
Built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh. 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of a celebrated school. (2.) A town on the border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). Its later name was Kefr Yemmah, “the village by the sea,” on the south shore of Lake Merom.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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