אָבֵל מְחוֹלָהʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
Pronunciation: aw-bale' mekh-o-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H65
Meanings
1. meadow (1 Samuel 6:18; 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15)
2. wheat-meadow (2 Samuel 20:18; 2 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 20:15)
3. acacia-meadow (Numbers 33:49; Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5)
4. vineyard-meadow (Judges 11:33)
5. dance-meadow (Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Kings 19:16)
6. meadow of Egypt (Genesis 50:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Judges 7:22 When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the Lord caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
- 1 Kings 19:16 Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).