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Abel:
(1.) The name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow.
(2.) In Heb. Hebel (i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness, probably so called from the shortness of his life) the second son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:1-16). Jehovah showed respect for Abel's offering, but not for that of Cain, because according to the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 5:4) Abel "by faith offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." The expression "sin," i.e. sin‐offering, "lieth at the door" (Genesis 4:7) seems to imply that the need of sacrifices of blood to obtain forgiveness was already revealed. Our Lord spoke of Abel as the first martyr (Matthew 23:35); so did the early Church subsequently. The traditional site of his murder and his grave are pointed out near Damascus; and the neighbouring peasants tell a curious tradition respecting his burial (Stanley, S. & P. p. 413.)
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