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Alvan in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism
sublime; tall. Son of Shobal, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23); in I Chronicles 1:'10 he is called Alian. Meta. A lofty concept, of man's seemingly material consciousness, concerning the apparently sensual or physical phase of his organism--a glimpse of the truth that even the outer man has his origin in Spirit. (See SHOBAL.)
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