Lexical Summary Abel: Abel, a son of Adam Original Word: ἌβελTransliteration: Abel Phonetic Spelling: (ab'-el) Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Abel, a son of Adam Meaning: Abel -- a son of Adam Strong's Concordance Abel. Of Hebrew origin (Hebel); Abel, the son of Adam -- Abel. see HEBREW Hebel Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 6: ἌβελἌβελ (WH Ἅβ. (see their Introductory § 408)), indeclinable proper name (in Josephus (e. g. Antiquities 1, 2, 1) Ἄβελος, ), חֶבֶל (breath, vanity), Abel, the second son born to Adam (Genesis 4:2ff), so called from his short life and sudden death (cf. B. D. American edition, p. 5), (Job 7:16; Psalm 39:6): Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51; Hebrews 11:4; Hebrews 12:24. |
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