Lexical Definition

‎אָבֵל‎ ʼÂbêl (aw-bale') Abel ^N:N--L
from ‎אָבֵל‎; a meadow

Abel.

• Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah
2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

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Also see: אֲרָם | בֵּית מַעֲכָה

‎מַעֲכָה‎ proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people

1. masculine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα:
a. son of Nahor by his concubine ‎רְאוּמָה‎ Gen 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see

3. b. father of ‎חָנָן‎, a hero of David 1Chr 11:43.
c. Simeonite name 1Chr 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1Kgs 2:39 (see ‎מָעוֺךְ‎ above).

2. feminine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.:
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2Sam 3:3 = 1Chr 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1Kgs 15:2; 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21; 2Chr 11:22 read also ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Chr 13:2 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ᵑ0 ‎מִיכָיָה‎, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1Kgs 15:10, compare v1Kgs 15:13 = 2Chr 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1Chr 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1Chr 7:16, compare v1Chr 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). feminine wife of (‎יעיאל‎), father of Gibeon, 1Chr 8:29; 1Chr 9:35.

3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 = 1Chr 19:7, ‎׳‎‎אֲרַם מ‎ v1Chr 19:6 (compare Gen 22:24 above); = ‎מַעֲכָת‎ Josh 13:13 (+ ‎גְּשׁוּר‎), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — ‎אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה‎ see below ‎בַּיִת‎, p. 112 above, and ‎אָבֵל‎, p. 5.

‎מַעֲכָת‎ see above ‎מַעֲכָה‎

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