H65 אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh — Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
KJV: Abel-meholah.
Built from אָבֵל ʼâbêl (a meadow) + מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh (a dance) — means “meadow of dancing”
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
- Judges 7:22 — They blew the three hundred shofars, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army…
- 1 Kings 4:12 — Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from…
- 1 Kings 19:16 — Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be…