Abel en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הָ֑בֶל (háḇel)bor. Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel)bor. Latin Abē̆lder. Old English Ābel Middle English Abel English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the homonymous word הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”).
Meanings
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The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8:
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, named after the biblical Abel.
Deriveds
Abel-Jacobi map · Abel's theorem · Abel's summation formula · abelian · Abel's identity · Abel's impossibility theorem · abelite · Abel-Plana formula · Abel-Jacobi-Liouville identity · Abelson · Abelite · Abel's formula · Abel's irreducibility theorem · Abel-Ruffini theorem · Abelian
Relateds
Translations (87)
ca Abel (male given name) · ru А́вель (son of Adam and Eve) · hy Աբել (son of Adam and Eve) · nl Abel (male given name) · kk Әбіл (son of Adam and Eve) · bg А́вел (son of Adam and Eve) · br Avelig (male given name) · cmn 亞伯爾 /亚伯尔 (son of Adam and Eve) · bg Е́йбъл (male given name) · fr Abel (male given name) · pl Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · cmn 亞伯 /亚伯 (son of Adam and Eve) · no Abel (male given name) · ms Habel (son of Adam and Eve) · yue 阿貝爾 /阿贝尔 (male given name) · cmn 阿貝爾 /阿贝尔 (male given name) · bn হাবীল (son of Adam and Eve) · tr Habil (son of Adam and Eve) · fo Ábal (male given name) · sh Авељ (son of Adam and Eve) · eu Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · hi हाबील (son of Adam and Eve) · chr ᎡᏈᎵ (son of Adam and Eve) · nb Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · haw ʻApela (male given name) · fi Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · he הֶבֶל (son of Adam and Eve) · es Abel (male given name) · da Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · sh Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · pt Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · es Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · oc Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · yue 亞伯 /亚伯 (son of Adam and Eve) · ko 아벨 (son of Adam and Eve) · yue 亞伯 /亚伯 (male given name) · mk Авел (son of Adam and Eve) · ru Э́йбел (male given name) · ja アベル (male given name) · fy Abe (male given name) · ee Habel (son of Adam and Eve) · ee Habel (male given name) · haw ʻAbela (son of Adam and Eve) · be А́вель (son of Adam and Eve) · mt Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · hi एबल (male given name) · zdj Habila (son of Adam and Eve) · sk Ábel (son of Adam and Eve) · sv Abel (male given name) · pt Abel (male given name) · el Άβελ (son of Adam and Eve) · uk А́вель (son of Adam and Eve) · bn হাবীল (male given name) · ka აბელი (son of Adam and Eve) · de Abel (male given name) · gl Abel (male given name) · de Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · ja アベル (son of Adam and Eve) · sv Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · br Avel (male given name) · et Aabel (son of Adam and Eve) · sl Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · yue 亞伯爾 /亚伯尔 (son of Adam and Eve) · cmn 亞伯 /亚伯 (male given name) · sh Абел (son of Adam and Eve) · da Abel (male given name) · fi Aapeli (male given name) · ar هَابِيل (son of Adam and Eve) · ms Habil (son of Adam and Eve) · it Abele (son of Adam and Eve) · pl Abel (male given name) · ca Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · cs Ábel (son of Adam and Eve) · eo Habelo (son of Adam and Eve) · grc Ἅβελ (son of Adam and Eve) · fr Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · arc ܗܒܝܠ (son of Adam and Eve) · ms Habil (male given name) · nl Abel (son of Adam and Eve) · sh Avelj (son of Adam and Eve) · arc הבל (son of Adam and Eve) · te హెబెల్ (son of Adam and Eve) · vi A-bên (son of Adam and Eve) · ko 아벨 (male given name) · la Abelus (son of Adam and Eve) · kmr Habîl (son of Adam and Eve) · fa هابیل (son of Adam and Eve)