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tubal |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tubal \Tub"al\, a. Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as tubal pregnancy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tubal adj : of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube; "tubal ligation"; "tubal pregnancy" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Tubal (1.) The fifth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2). (2.) A nation, probably descended from the son of Japheth. It is mentioned by Isaiah (66:19), along with Javan, and by Ezekiel (27:13), along with Meshech, among the traders with Tyre, also among the confederates of Gog (Ezek. 38:2, 3; 39:1), and with Meshech among the nations which were to be destroyed (32:26). This nation was probably the Tiberini of the Greek historian Herodotus, a people of the Asiatic highland west of the Upper Euphrates, the southern range of the Caucasus, on the east of the Black Sea. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Tubal, the earth; the world; confusion
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