H59 - אָבֵל (ʼÂbêl)

H59 אָבֵל (ʼÂbêl) aw-bale'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Abel

Biblical Persons & Places

Abel

A location only mentioned at 1Sa.6.18; only referred to as Abel (אָבֵל).

Strong's Definition

Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל); a meadow;

KJV Usage: Abel.

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah

2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

The place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh This name means "stone"

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָבֵל âbêl BDB Definition: 1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah 2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H58 Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (6)

6:18

20:14 20:15 20:18

15:20

15:29

1 Samuel 6:18

The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number... of Philistine cities [belonging] to the five rulers — the fortified cities and their outlying... villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD [stands] to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah...... and through the entire [region of] the Berites, who gathered together and followed... him.

2 Samuel 20:15

And Joab’s troops came and besieged [Sheba] in Abel-beth-maacah...... and built a siege ramp... against the outer rampart of the city.... As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

2 Samuel 20:18

Then [the woman] said..., Long ago... they used to say..., Seek counsel... at Abel, and that is how disputes were settled.

1 Kings 15:20

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.