אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה

a.vel bet-ma.a.khah

Abel-beth-maachah

Strong’s H62Proper name, a place12 times in the Hebrew Bible

abel4

beth4

maacah4

In the text

2 Samuel 20:14אָבֵלָה
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
1 Kings 15:20אָבֵל
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
2 Kings 15:29אָבֵל
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

אָבֵל n.f.

1. meadow (?)

2. n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr.; = א׳ מַיִם

3. אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab

4. אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon

5. אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Elisha’s birthplace

6. אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.