ʼAbêl Mayim — H66

Definition

locative proper noun

Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine

1. Abel Maim = "meadow of waters"
2. a city in northern Israel (perhaps Abel Beth Maachah)

Usually translated as

Abel-maim

Origin

from H58 and H4325; meadow of water

• Derived from ʼâbêl (H58)
• Derived from Mayim (H4325)

Occurrences

ʼAbêl Mayim occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Chronicles 16:4 — And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim (אָבֵ֣ל), and all the store cities of Naphtali.