# H62 אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה

אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה (ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh), Strong’s H62: Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine KJV: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,. Occurs 6 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H62 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh* — Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

KJV: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,

Built from [אָבֵל ʼâbêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H58) (a meadow) + [בַּיִת bayith](https://besorah.bible/word/H1004) (a house) + [מַעֲכָה Maʻăkâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H4601) (Maakah) — means “meadow of Beth-Maakah”

Occurs 6 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 Kings 15:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=29) — In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah…