H59 אָבֵל
ʼÂbêl — Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.
KJV: Abel.
Derived from אָבֵל ʼâbêl (a meadow)
Occurs 4 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָבֵל n.f.
- 1 meadow (?)
- 2 n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr.; = א׳ מַיִם
- 3 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab
- 4 אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon
- 5 אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Elisha’s birthplace
- 6 אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan
Where it occurs
- 1 Samuel 6:18 — and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of…
- 2 Samuel 20:14 — He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and…
- 2 Samuel 20:15 — They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the…
- 2 Samuel 20:18 — Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a…