Quick Definition
Abel-meholah
Biblical Persons & Places
Abel-meholah
Abel-meholah
A location first mentioned at Jdg.7.22;
only referred to as Abel-meholah (אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה).
Strong's Definition
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H4246 (מְחֹלָה)xlit mᵉchôwlâh corrected to mᵉchôlâh; meadow of dancing;
KJV Usage: Abel-meholah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"
1) a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה (a.vel me.cho.lah) — Abel-meholah. Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing" a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָבֵל n.f. meadow (?)
n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr.; = א׳ מַיִם
אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab
אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Elisha’s birthplace
אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan
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