Abel in the Bible

Meaning: vanity; breath; vapor; mourning

Exact Match

When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim. It is across the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsMourningMourning DeathBeyond Jordan

They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Verse ConceptsChaosThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleThree Hundred And AboveKilling One Another

He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith -- twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsConquestTwentyThose Subjected To People

The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

Verse ConceptsVillagesMiceFive PeopleFive ThingsPlaces To This Day

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

Verse ConceptsOld SayingsMan's Counsel

Abel is one of the quietest and faithfullest cities that are in Israel. And thou goest about to destroy a city that is as a mother in Israel. Why devourest thou the inheritance of the LORD?"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MothersMotherhood

Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.

So Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the generals of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Iyyohn Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, - and all Chinneroth, against all the land of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint prophet in thy stead.

Verse ConceptsAnointing KingsExchanging Of LeadersMaking Kings

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali - and carried them away captive to Assyria.

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

And Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the chieftains of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon and Dan, and Abel-maim, - and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsStoring

that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingReckoningFrom The BeginningResponsibility

not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother's were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].

Verse ConceptsLearning From The PastAbel and Cainevil, origins ofMaliceMurderPast, ThePersecution, Forms OfMartyrdom, Reasons ForWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named IndividualsSiblingsThe DevilDeath Of Loved OneBrothers LovewickednessdeedsSatanic HatredDemonic Influence

Thematic Bible



So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.

From the blood of Abel even to the blood of Zacharias perishing between the altar and house: yea, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than Abel.

Not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what slew he him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother just.


AND Adam knew Life, his wife, and she will conceive and bear Cain, and said, I obtained a man of Jehovah. And she will add to bear his brother Abel; and Abel shall be a feeder of sheep, and Cain was a laborer of the earth. And it shall be at the end of days, and Cain shall bring in from the fruit of the earth an offering to Jehovah. read more.
And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he will say, I know not: am I my brother's watcher? And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth. And now cursed art thou, from the earth, which opened her mouth to take thy brother's bloods from thy hand. When thou shalt work the earth she shall not add to give her strength to thee. Wandering and fleeing shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain will say to Jehovah, My sin is great, above bearing. Lo, thou didst drive me out this day from above the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be wandering and fleeing in the earth; and it shall be, every one finding me will kill me. And Jehovah will say to him, Therefore, every one killing Cain, he shall be avenged seven fold. And Jehovah will put a sign upon Cain, lest any finding him, smite him.

And Adam will know his wife again, and she will bear a son, and she will call his name Seth: for God set me a second seed instead of Abel, for Cain slew him.


And the mice of gold, the number of all the cities of Philisteim, to the five princes from the fortified city, even to the village of the countryman, and even to the great meadow which they put upon it the ark of Jehovah, even to this day in the field of Joshua of the House of the Sun.


By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.


By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.


By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.


And it shall be at the end of days, and Cain shall bring in from the fruit of the earth an offering to Jehovah. And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall. read more.
And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.


From the blood of Abel even to the blood of Zacharias perishing between the altar and house: yea, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.


By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.

And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? read more.
If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.


By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.


And she will add to bear his brother Abel; and Abel shall be a feeder of sheep, and Cain was a laborer of the earth.


And they will come and besiege against him in Abel of the house of oppression, and they will pour out a mound against the city, and it will stand in the fortification: and all the people which were with Joab laying waste to throw down the wall.


From the blood of Abel even to the blood of Zacharias perishing between the altar and house: yea, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.


And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than Abel.

And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.

And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth.


And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.

And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth.