William Adolphe Bouguereau'sThe First Mourning (1888) FromMiddle English Abel , fromOld English Ābel , fromLatin Abel , fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromBiblical Hebrew הֶבֶל ( Héḇel ,“ Abel ” ) , possibly from the homonymous wordהֶבֶל ( heḇel ,“ breath, vapor; vanity ” ) or fromAkkadian 𒌉𒍑 ( ablu ,“ son ” ) .
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( biblical ) The son ofAdam andEve who was killed by his brotherCain .A malegiven name from Hebrew .Asurname originating as a patronymic .Anunincorporated community inCleburne County ,Alabama ,United States , named after the biblical Abel. -able ,Able ,Bale ,Beal ,Blea ,Ebla ,Elba ,able ,albe ,bael ,bale ,beal ,blea FromLate Latin Abel , fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromHebrew הֶ֫בֶל .
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Abel ( biblical character ) a malegiven name from Hebrew Ultimately fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromBiblical Hebrew הֶבֶל ( hével ) .
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Abel ( biblical character ) adiminutive of the malegiven names Abeau orAbelin Abel m (proper noun ,genitive singular Abels )
a malegiven name Declension ofAbel (sg-only masculine ) indefinite singular nominative Abel accusative Abel dative Abel genitive Abels
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989 ),Íslensk orðsifjabók , Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies,→ISBN (Available atMálið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur ” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025 ), “Abel ”, inBeygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection ] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Borrowed fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , itself from Biblical Hebrewהֶ֫בֶל ( heḇel ) . The vowel, while short by etymology, is shown to be carrying stress by the descended ItalianAbele and SpanishAbel .
Abē̆l m sg (genitive Abē̆lis or Abē̆l ) ;indeclinable , variously declined,third declension
( biblical ) Abel a malegiven name Third-declension noun orindeclinable noun, singular only.
FromLatin Abel , fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromHebrew הֶ֫בֶל
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( biblical ) Abel , the brother ofCain and the first murder victimLearned borrowing fromLatin Abel .
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( biblical ) Abel ( son of Adam and Eve ) a malegiven name , equivalent to EnglishAbel Abel in Polish dictionaries at PWNFromOld Galician-Portuguese Abel , fromLatin Abel , fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromHebrew הֶ֫בֶל .
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a malegiven name , equivalent to EnglishAbel ( biblical ) Abel ( son of Adam and Eve ) FromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromHebrew הבל ( Hebel ) .
IPA (key ) : /ǎːbel/ Hyphenation:A‧bel Ábel m anim (Cyrillic spelling А́бел )
Abel( son of Adam and Eve ) a malegiven name “Abel ”, inPortal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2018–2025 IPA (key ) : /aˈbel/ [aˈβ̞el] Rhymes:-el Syllabification:A‧bel Abel m
( biblical ) Abel 1602 ,La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina) , Génesis 4:8:Y habló Caín á su hermanoAbel : y aconteció que estando ellos en el campo, Caín se levantó contra su hermanoAbel , y le mató. And Cain talked withAbel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up againstAbel his brother, and slew him. (KJV) a malegiven name , equivalent to EnglishAbel Abel c (genitive Abels )
Abel ( biblical character ) 2000 ,1973 års bibelkommission , “Första Moseboken [Genesis ] 4:2”, inBibel 2000 [1] , © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived fromthe original on4 October 2025 :Abel var herde och Kain brukade jorden.Abel was a shepherd, and Cain worked the soil.Borrowed fromSpanish Abel , fromLatin Abel , fromAncient Greek Ἅβελ ( Hábel ) , fromBiblical Hebrew הֶבֶל ( heḇel ,“ breath, vapor; vanity ” ) .
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( biblical ) Abel a malegiven name from Spanish, equivalent to EnglishAbel “Abel ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018