אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh
Meaning
Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine
In the King James Version: Abel-meholah.
Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H4246 (מְחֹלָה)xlit mᵉchôwlâh corrected to mᵉchôlâh; meadow of dancing;
Where it is used
- Judges 7:22 And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 19:16 You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.