ABEL (2)

ISBE

a'-bel ('abhel, "meadow"): A word used in several compound names of places. It appears by itself as the name of a city concerned in the rebellion of Sheba ( 2Sa 20:14 ; compare 1Sa 6:18 ), though it is there probably an abridgment of the name Abel-beth-maacah. In 1Sa 6:18 , where the Hebrew has "the great meadow," and the Greek "the great stone," the King James Version translates "the great stone of Abel."