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Lexicon :: Strong's H59 - 'āḇēl

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אָבֵל
Transliteration
'āḇēl
Pronunciation
aw-bale'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אָבֵל ʼÂbêl, aw-bale'; from H58; a meadow; Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.:—Abel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H59 in the following manner: Abel (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H59 in the following manner: Abel (4x).

  1. city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah

  2. the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָבֵל ʼÂbêl, aw-bale'; from H58; a meadow; Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.:—Abel.
STRONGS H59: Abbreviations
1. meadow (?) 1 Samuel 6:18 MT but read אֶבֶן compare [H68 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15] Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version We Dr.
2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel 2 Samuel 20:18, near Beth Maacah 2 Samuel 20:14 = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה 2 Samuel 20:15 (so also 2 Samuel 20:14 Ew Th We Klo Dr)

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H58.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

6:18

2 Samuel

20:14; 20:14; 20:15; 20:18

H59

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Strong's Number H59 matches the Hebrew אָבֵל ('āḇēl),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 - And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah,[fn] and all the Bichrites[fn] assembled and followed him in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah. They cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, and they were battering the wall to throw it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she said, “They used to say in former times, ‘Let them but ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
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