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אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה
Abel Beth-Maakah
aw-bale' bayth ma-akaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh
“Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- אָבֵ֣ל2
- בֵּֽית־2
- אָבֵ֛לָה1
- בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙1
- בֵּ֣ית1
- הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה1
- וּבֵ֥ית1
- מַעֲכָ֖ה1
- מַעֲכָ֑ה1
- מַעֲכָ֡ה1
How it is rendered · 7
- Beth3
- Maacah3
- Abel2
- Abel towards1
- and Beth1
- in Abel towards1
- the Maacah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 7
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
- HR/Npl/Sd · 1
- HTd/Npl · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 20:14אָבֵ֛לָהʾavelahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)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.here: Abel towards
- 2 Samuel 20:14וּבֵ֥יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: and Beth
- 2 Samuel 20:14מַעֲכָ֖הmaakhahproper noun (a name)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.here: Maacah
- 2 Samuel 20:15בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙beavelahpreposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)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,here: in Abel towards
- 2 Samuel 20:15בֵּ֣יתbeitnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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,here: Beth
- 2 Samuel 20:15הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔הhamaakhahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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,here: the Maacah
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 15:20אָבֵ֣לʾavelproper noun (a name)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.here: Abel
- 1 Kings 15:20בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)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.here: Beth
- 1 Kings 15:20מַעֲכָ֑הmaakhahproper noun (a name)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.here: Maacah
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 15:29אָבֵ֣לʾavelproper noun (a name)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.here: Abel
- 2 Kings 15:29בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)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.here: Beth
- 2 Kings 15:29מַעֲכָ֡הmaakhahproper noun (a name)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.here: Maacah