King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H58
Transliteration: abel
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: "meadow", part of a place name
Meaning: "meadow", part of a place name
Word Summary
abel: "meadow", part of a place name
Original Word: אָבֵלTransliteration: abel
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: "meadow", part of a place name
Meaning: "meadow", part of a place name
Strong's Concordance
plain From an unused root (meaning to be grassy); a meadow -- plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H58. abel
II. אָבֵל noun feminine 1. meadow (?) 1 Samuel 6:18 ᵑ0 but read אֶבֶן compare 6:14; 6:15 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 We Dr.
2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel 2 Samuel 20:18, near Beth Maacah 20:14 = מַעֲכָה בֵּית אָבֵל 20:15 (so also 20:14 Ew Th We Klo Dr), 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; = ׳א מַיִם2 Chronicles 16:4 (= Abil el †amµ, wheat-meadow northwest of Dan & south of Mutulleh RobBR III, 372).
3 הַשִּׁטִּים אָבֵל
proper name, of a location (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Numbers 33:49; = שִׁטִּים 25:1; Micah 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr & MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89).
4 כְּרָמִים אָבֵל
proper name, of a location (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Judges 11:33 (see Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων).
5 מְחוֺלָה אָבֵל
proper name, of a location (= dance-meadow) Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; Elisha's birthplace 19:16 (see Euseb. Ἀβελμαελαι).
6 מִצְרַיִם אָבֵל
proper name, of a location (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of Jordan Genesis 50:11 (where interpreted as if מ ׳אֵבֶל, so ᵑ9 ᵐ5; see Di).