# H59 אָבֵל

אָבֵל (ʼÂbêl), Strong’s H59: Abel, the name of two places in Palestine. KJV: Abel.. Occurs 4 times.

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*ʼÂbêl* — Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

KJV: Abel.

Derived from [אָבֵל ʼâbêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H58) (a meadow)

Occurs 4 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=18) — Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a…