H62 אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה
ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh — Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
KJV: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,
Built from אָבֵל ʼâbêl (a meadow) + בַּיִת bayith (a house) + מַעֲכָה Maʻăkâh (Maakah) — means “meadow of Beth-Maakah”
Occurs 6 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 Kings 15:20 — Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and…
- 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah…