Abel | Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

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Abel
Ăbēl, indecl. or ēlis, and Ăbēlus, i, m., Abel, son of Adam, Vulg. —Hence, Abelĭca Virtus, Mythogr....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Abel
(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his broth...

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Abel
the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow . (i.e., breath, vapor, transit...

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Abel-maim
mourning of waters ...

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Abel-meholah
mourning of sickness ...

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Abel-mizraim
the mourning of Egyptians ...

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Abel-shittim
mourning of thorns ...

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Abel-cheramim
(Judg. 11:33, R.V.; A. V., "plain of the vineyards"), a village of the Ammonites, whither Jephthah p...

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Abel-meholah
Meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not f...

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Abel-mizraim
Meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e., on the west of Jordan, at the "thresh...

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Abel-shittim
Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place...

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abel-wackets
Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief, instead of a ferula; a jocular puni...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Abel-beth-maachah
mourning to the house of Maachah ...

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Abel-beth-maachah
Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ij...

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Abel, Stone Of
(the great abel) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Beth-shemesh. (1 Samuel 6...

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