Definition

Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

Etymology

from H58 (אָבֵל); a meadow;

Word family

• אָבֵל ʼâbêl

How the KJV renders it

• Abel

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.