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  • noun See abhal.

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Examples

  • Therefore they called its name meadow ( 'abhel) of the Egyptians, which is across the Jordan.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • The Septuagint renders 'abhel as penuov --' ebhel; Luther says der Aegypter Klage.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Settim, Setim, Hebr. abhel hashshittim (meadow of acacias) is a place in the plains of Moab.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Abel (Heb. ` abhel), lamentation (1 Sam. 6: 18), the name given to the great stone in Joshua's field whereon the ark was "set down."

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • As you may have guessed, abhel is also the name of Adam’s son Abel, who was murdered by his brother Cain.

    All is vanity? Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • As you may have guessed, abhel is also the name of Adam’s son Abel, who was murdered by his brother Cain.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

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