Word Study · Strong's G6 · Greek
Ἄβελ
Abel
ab'-el
Strong's 1890 spelling: Ábel
“Abel, the son of Adam”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abel, the son of Adam
Rendered in the KJV as
Abel.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- Ἅβελ3
- Ἅβελ.¶1
How it is rendered · 3
- of Abel2
- Abel1
- Abel.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSM-P · 2
- N-ASM-P · 1
- N-NSM-P · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Hebrews carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 11:4Ἅβελhabelnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBy faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.here: Abel
- Hebrews 12:24Ἅβελ.¶habelnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularto Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.here: Abel.