Abel in the Bible

Meaning: vanity; breath; vapor; mourning

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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,

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that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.

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

and why did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.







By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.


By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.


By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.




who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.


By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.



By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.






who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.


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