Avel mecholah אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
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| אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avel mecholah |
| Strong's number | H65 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Abel-meholah |
| Occurrences | 6 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Kings (2) |
Avel mecholah (Hebrew אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה, Strong's H65) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Abel-meholah”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"
a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | abel meholah (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | abel meholah (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Avel mecholah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 7:22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 19:16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).