Abel-meholah
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָהStrong’s H0065avel mecholah (a-vel me-cho-lah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avel mecholah is the Hebrew word usually translated “meholah”, “abel” and “from abel”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.”
Meaning
- Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"
How it's translated
- meholah 3
- abel 2
- from abel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- Judges 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Kings 19:16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Hebrew dictionary
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה avel mecholah · Abel-meholah
Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing" a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
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.