Abel
אָבֵלStrong’s H0059avel (a-vel)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avel is the Hebrew word usually translated “abel” and “at abel”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.”
Meaning
- The place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh
How it's translated
- abel 1
- at abel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
אָבֵל avel · Abel
The place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh This name means "stone"
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.