Jebail, Or Jebeil, a town of Syria, built on an eminence near the Mediterranean, at the foot of Mt. Lebanon, 20 m. N. of Beyrout; pop. about 600. It is walled on the land side, contains large gardens, a strongly built castle, an old Maronite church, and a mosque. It is supposed to be the Byblus of the ancients, often mentioned as a city of Phoenicia, between Tri-polis and Berytus, the modern Tarablus and Beyrout. In the Scriptures it is called Gebal, a word signifying mountain. Its territory is called the land of the Giblites (Josh. xiii. 5); and its inhabitants are mentioned among the builders of the Phoenician king Hiram, who assisted King Solomon in building the temple of Jerusalem. Its elders and wise men are mentioned as calkers of Tyre, in the time of its glory (Ezek. xxvii. 9). It is said to be the birthplace of Adonis, and just S. of the town the river Adonis falls into the sea. The harbor of Jebail was destroyed during the wars of the crusaders, who captured the town and kept it as long as they maintained their power in Syria. It was taken from Mehemet Ali by the English in 1840. - Another Gebal is mentioned in the Scriptures, a mountainous region S. of the Dead sea, the Jebal of the Arabs, the Geba-lene of the Greeks, and probably the Syria So-bal of the crusaders.