Definition

Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H58 (אָבֵל) and H1004 (בַּיִת) and H4601 (מַעֲכָה); meadow of Beth-Maakah;

Where the KJV renders it

• Abel-beth-maachah
• Abel of Beth-maachah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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