Midvash

אַבֵל מַיִםʼAbêl Mayim

Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: aw-bale' mah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H66

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 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all the store cities in Naphtali.
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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).