Word Study · Strong's H65 · Hebrew
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
Abel Mecholah
aw-bale' mekh-o-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh
“Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Abel-meholah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- מְחוֹלָ֔ה2
- אָבֵ֥ל1
- אָבֵ֣ל1
- מֵאָבֵ֣ל1
- מְחוֹלָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- Meholah3
- Abel2
- from Abel1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpl · 5
- HR/Npl · 1
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Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 7:22אָבֵ֥לʾavelproper noun (a name)And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.here: Abel
- Judges 7:22מְחוֹלָ֖הmecholahproper noun (a name)And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.here: Meholah
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:12אָבֵ֣לʾavelproper noun (a name)Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;here: Abel
- 1 Kings 4:12מְחוֹלָ֔הmecholahproper noun (a name)Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;here: Meholah
- 1 Kings 19:16מֵאָבֵ֣לmeavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.here: from Abel
- 1 Kings 19:16מְחוֹלָ֔הmecholahproper noun (a name)You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.here: Meholah