Word Study · Strong's H59 · Hebrew

אָבֵל

Abel

aw-bale'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÂbêl

“Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

Rendered in the KJV as

Abel.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

אָבֵ֣ל1
בְּאָבֵ֖ל1

How it is rendered · 2

Abel1
at Abel1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine or feminine singular1
preposition + proper noun (a name)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcbsa · 1
HR/Npl · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
2 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 6:18אָבֵ֣לʾavelnoun · masculine or feminine singularThe 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.here: Abel

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 20:18בְּאָבֵ֖לbeavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.here: at Abel

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled אָבֵל

H58

אָבֵל

abel

“a meadow”

H57 · 8×

אָבֵל

abel

“lamenting”

Read 1 Samuel 6:18 in context →