H51–H75

1. Abishur = "my father is a wall"
2. 1) son of Shammai, descendant of Judah

from אָב(ʼâb) and שׁוּר(shûwr); father of (the) wall (i.e. perhaps mason);

Abishur, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abishur.

1. Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"
2. 1) grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

or (shorter) ; from אָב(ʼâb) and שַׁי(shay); father of a gift (i.e. probably generous);

Abishai, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abishai.

1. Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace"
2. 1) father-in-law of Rehoboam
3. 2) third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father-David

or (shortened) ; from אָב(ʼâb) and שָׁלוֹם(shâlôwm); father of peace (i.e. friendly);

Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

KJV usage: Abishalom, Absalom.

1. Abiathar = "my father is great"
2. 1) priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

contracted from אָב(ʼâb) and יָתַר(yâthar); father of abundance (i.e. liberal);

Ebjathar, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abiathar.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) to roll, turn
2. 1a) (Hithpael) to roll, roll up, billow

a primitive root;

probably to coil upward

KJV usage: mount up.

1. 1) to mourn, lament
2. 1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament
3. 1a1) of humans
4. 1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.)
5. 1a2a) of gates
6. 1a2b) of land
7. 1b) (Hiphil)
8. 1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
9. 1c) (Hithpael)
10. 1c1) to mourn
11. 1c2) play the mourner

a primitive root;

to bewail

KJV usage: lament, mourn.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) mourning
2. 1a) for the dead
3. 1b) because of calamity
4. 1c) of rites of mourning
5. 2) mourner (subst.)
6. 2a) for the dead
7. 2b) for calamity

from אָבַל(ʼâbal);

lamenting

KJV usage: mourn(-er, -ing).

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) meadow (from verb-to grow green, to withstand)

from an unused root (meaning to be grassy);

a meadow

KJV usage: plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah
2. 2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl); a meadow;

Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

KJV usage: Abel.

1. 1) mourning
2. 1a) for the dead
3. 1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)
4. 1c) mourning garb
5. 1d) period of mourning

from אָבַל(ʼâbal);

lamentation

KJV usage: mourning.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) truly, verily, surely
2. 2) but, however, howbeit
3. 3) contrariwise, nay rather (neg.)

apparently from אָבַל(ʼâbal) through the idea of negation;

nay, i.e. truly or yet

KJV usage: but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.

1. Abel Beth Maachah = "meadow of the house of Maachah"
2. 1) city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and בַּיִת(bayith) and מַעֲכָה(Maʻăkâh); meadow of Beth-Maakah;

Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,

1. Abel Shittim = "meadow of acacias"
2. 1) place in lowlands of Moab

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and the plural of שִׁטָּה(shiṭṭâh), with the article inserted; meadow of the acacias;

Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Abelshittim.

1. Abel Keramim = "meadow of the vineyards"
2. 1) a place in Ammon

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and the plural of כֶּרֶם(kerem); meadow of vineyards;

Abel-Keramim, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: plain of the vineyards.

1. Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"
2. 1) a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and מְחֹלָה(mᵉchôlâh)xlit mᵉchôwlâh corrected to mᵉchôlâh

Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Abel-meholah.

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

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and מַיִם(mayim); meadow of water;

Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Abel-maim.

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

from אָבֵל(ʼâbêl) and מִצְרַיִם(Mitsrayim); meadow of Egypt;

Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Abel-mizraim.

1. 1) stone (large or small)
2. 1a) common stone (in natural state)
3. 1b) stone, as material
4. 1b1) of tablets
5. 1b2) marble, hewn stones
6. 1c) precious stones, stones of fire
7. 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
8. 1e) weight
9. 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
10. 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
11. 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
12. 1i) (simile)
13. 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness
14. 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity
15. 1i3) commonness
16. 1j) (metaph)
17. 1j1) petrified with terror
18. 1j2) perverse, hard heart

from the root of בָּנָה(bânâh) through the meaning to build;

a stone

KJV usage: [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) stone
2. 1a) a (the) stone
3. 1b) stone, material of idols and buildings

(Aramaic) corresponding to אֶבֶן(ʼeben)

{a stone}

KJV usage: stone.

1. 1) wheel, disc
2. 1a) potter's wheel
3. 1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool

from the same as אֶבֶן(ʼeben);

a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)

KJV usage: wheel, stool.

1. 1) river Abana, Syrian river flowing through Damascus

perhaps feminine of אֶבֶן(ʼeben); stony; Compare אֲמָנָה(ʼĂmânâh).

Abanah, a river near Damascus

KJV usage: Abana.

1. Ebenezer = "stone of help"
2. 1) memorial stone erected by Samuel to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines-north of Jerusalem

from אֶבֶן(ʼeben) and עֵזֶר(ʻêzer) with the article inserted; stone of the help;

Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine

KJV usage: Ebenezer.

1. 1) girdle, sash, waistband
2. 1a) of high priest
3. 1b) of other priests
4. 1c) of high official

of uncertain derivation;

a belt

KJV usage: girdle.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. Abner = "my father is a lamp"
2. 1) Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

or (fully) ; from אָב(ʼâb) and נִיר(nîyr); father of light (i.e. enlightening);

Abner, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abner.

1. 1) to feed, fatten
2. 1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)

a primitive root;

to fodder

KJV usage: fatted, stalled.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words: