ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim — H67

Definition

locative proper noun

Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in Palestine

1. Abel Mizraim = "meadow of Egypt"
2. a place east of the Jordan (perhaps "as fertile as Egypt")

Usually translated as

Abel-mizraim

Origin

from H58 and H4714; meadow of Egypt

• Derived from ʼâbêl (H58)
• Derived from Mitsrayim (H4714)

Occurrences

ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1)

• Genesis 50:11 — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim (אָבֵ֣ל), which is beyond Jordan.