Carmel: meaning of the name

Places named Carmel

• Carmel

Carmel in Scripture

“Carmel” appears in 25 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Joshua 12:22

  The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

• Joshua 15:55

  Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

• Joshua 19:26

  And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath;

• 1 Samuel 15:12

  And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

• 1 Samuel 25:2

  And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

• 1 Samuel 25:5

  And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

• 1 Samuel 25:7

  And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

• 1 Samuel 25:40

  And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.