H65: אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh · pronounced aw-bale' mekh-o-law' · “Abel-meholah”
Definition
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Abel-meholah.
Word origin: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H4246 (מְחֹלָה)xlit mᵉchôwlâh corrected to mᵉchôlâh; meadow of dancing;
Extended definition
a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H65 is translated
- abel ×3
- meholah ×3
Bible verses with H65 (ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh)
ʼâbêl mᵉchôwlâh appears in 3 verses.
- Judges 7:22
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.
- 1 Kings 4:12
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Kings 19:16
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.