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Abel names 3 things on this site
- Abel, a person of Scripture.The second son; the first martyr, whose acceptable blood-offering is faith's first witness, and whose blood “speaketh better things” in Christ (Heb 11:4; 12:24).
- Abel, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Abel-beth-maachah, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Featured studies
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21 results- VerseGenesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- VerseHebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- VerseGenesis 4:4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- VerseNumbers 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
- VerseJudges 11:33With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
People
4 results- PersonAbelThe second son; the first martyr, whose acceptable blood-offering is faith's first witness, and whose blood “speaketh better things” in Christ (Heb 11:4; 12:24).
- PersonCainAdam's firstborn; the first murderer, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy and became the archetype of the way of self-will (Jude 11).
- PersonSethThe appointed son given “instead of Abel”; the head of the godly line of promise through which Noah and ultimately Christ descend (Luke 3:38).
- PersonHaggaiProphet of the four dated oracles that restarted the stalled temple (Ezra 5:1; Hag 1:1); promised the latter house a greater glory and Zerubbabel the reopened signet.
Places
2 results- PlaceShinarThe Babylonian plain of Nimrod's kingdom and Babel's tower, and the land where Zechariah's vision gives wickedness a house.
- PlaceBabelThe city and tower on the plain of Shinar where men set out to make a name for themselves, and where God confused their speech and scattered them, a confusion Pentecost reverses.
Words (Strong's)
14 results- WordH58 אָבֵל · ʼâbêl (Hebrew)a meadow. A Hebrew word of the lexicon floor, with its parsing and its occurrences on the word page.
- WordH62 אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה · ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh (Hebrew)Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine. The Hebrew word stands 12 times in the original text.
- WordH65 אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה · ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh (Hebrew)Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine. The Hebrew word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordH67 אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם · ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim (Hebrew)Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in Palestine. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordH66 אַבֵל מַיִם · ʼAbêl Mayim (Hebrew)Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
Concepts
19 results- ConceptSeedOne word that carries the whole promise: a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.
- ConceptGloryThe weight of God made visible: כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness: filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.
- ConceptLightGod's first spoken word and his own self-description: light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.
- ConceptEdenThe garden God planted eastward: a sanctuary with a river, two trees, and a job description, lost by one command broken.
- ConceptTreesThe Bible's story turns at trees: two in the garden, one bearing a curse, one bearing healing for the nations.
Themes
2 results- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
Topics
8 results- TopicAbelA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicAbel-beth-maachahA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicAbel-meholahA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicAbel-mizraimA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicBabelA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Voices
8 results- VoiceMarcus BrownMarcus Brown is the founder of MannaFest and its sole editorial voice. The site is his long obedience: a free study platform built so that any student of the Bible can stand…
- VoicePope DionysiusWhen Dionysius was elected bishop of Rome in July 259, the chair had been empty for nearly a year. Valerian's persecution had killed his predecessor Sixtus II in the catacombs…
- VoiceThomas WatsonThomas Watson preached at St Stephen's Walbrook in London for about sixteen years, and his hearers packed the place. He was jailed in the Tower in 1651 for his part in a plot…
- VoiceJRR TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where his father managed a bank. The father died of rheumatic fever when Ronald was four…
- VoiceVigilius of ThapsusVigilius was bishop of Thapsus, a coastal town in the African province of Byzacena, in the second half of the fifth century. He was alive and active in 484, and the date of his…
Apocrypha (study resources)
3 results- Study resourceSirach 49:11How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:29And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and…
- Study resource1 Enoch 22:7And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the…
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H58אָבֵל ʼâbêl — a meadowH62אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh — Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in PalestineH65אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh — Abel-Mecholah, a place in PalestineH67אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim — Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in PalestineH66אַבֵל מַיִם ʼAbêl Mayim — Abel-Majim, a place in PalestineH59אָבֵל ʼÂbêl — Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.