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Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), [1] [2] or from the Assyrian for son. [3] In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as in Cain and Abel .
According to the narrative in Genesis, Abel (Hebrew: הֶבֶל Hébel, in pausa הָבֶל Hā́ḇel; Biblical Greek: Ἅβελ Hábel; Arabic: هابيل, Hābēl) is Eve's second son. His name in Hebrew is composed of the same three consonants as a root meaning "the air that remains after you exhale" also synonymous in Hebrew to ...
Abel can be either a German or English surname. The German variant of the surname is a patronymic name, derived from the Old German personal name Abel, which means "noble one." The German variation does not appear to be derived from the biblical name Abel. The surname is associated with Swabia, in the southwest of Germany. [1]
Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. [1] Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from his own fields, to God. God had regard for Abel's offering, but had no regard [2] for ...
Elohim then came to be used so frequently in reference to specific deities, both male and female, domestic and foreign (for instance, the goddess of the Sidonians in 1 Kings 11:33), that it came to be concretized from meaning "divinity" to meaning "deity", though still occasionally used adjectivally as "divine". [3]
In the Russian language, "А́вель" (Avel) is a form of the first name Abel used in biblical contexts. [1] It is also an old and uncommon male first name, derived from the Biblical Hebrew word hebel, meaning a gentle breathe. [2] This is most commonly pronounced “Aye-Vuhl”, though some pronounce it as “Eye-Vehl”.
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Abel Nunatak, a nunatak in Antarctica; Abel (אבעל), Yiddish name of the municipality of Obeliai, Lithuania; Abel (crater), an impact crater on the Moon; Abel (אבל), meaning "stream" in Hebrew, the name of several biblical sites in modern-day Israel Abel-beth-maachah, in Galilee; Abel-meholah, in the Jordan Valley