# H65 אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה

אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה (ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh), Strong’s H65: Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine KJV: Abel-meholah.. Occurs 6 times.

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*ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh* — Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine

KJV: Abel-meholah.

Built from [אָבֵל ʼâbêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H58) (a meadow) + [מְחֹלָה mᵉchôlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H4246) (a dance) — means “meadow of dancing”

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
- [Judges 7:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/19?v=16) — Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be…