Abel
In the Hebrew Bible, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Qayin,
Hevel)[1] are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an also
contains this story, with the names Qabil and Habil.[2]
In the Greek New Testament, Cain is referred to as εκ του
πονηρου. [3] In at least one translation this is rendered
"from the evil one"[4], while others have "of the evil
o...
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a'-bel (hebhel; Abel; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament
in Greek Habel; etymology uncertain. Some translation "a
breath," "vapor," "transitoriness," which are suggestive of
his brief existence and tragic end; others take it to be a
variant of Jabal, yabhal, "shepherd" or "herdman," Gen 4:20.
Compare Assyrian ablu and Babylonian abil, "...
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1. Son of Adam. History of
Ge 4:1-15,25
References to the death of
Mt 23:35; Lu 11:51; Heb 11:4; 12:24; 1Jo 3:12
-2. A stone
1Sa 6:18...
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(i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness, probably so called from
the shortness of his life), the second son of Adam, murdered
by his brother Cain, Ge 4:1-16 he was a keeper or feeder of
sheep. Our Lord spoke of Abel as the first martyr, Mt 23:35 so
did the early Church subsequently. The traditional site of his
murder and his grave are pointed out...
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(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam
and
Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen.
4:1-16).
Guided by the instruction of their father, the two
brothers were
trained in the duty of worshipping God. "And in
process of time"
(marg. "at the end of days", i.e., on the Sabbath)
each of them
offered up to God of th...
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Hebrew Hebel. Second of Adam and Eve's sons, Genesis 4: Abel
means "vanity" or "weakness", "vapor" or "transitoriness".
Cain means "possession"; for Eve said at his birth, "I have
gotten as a possession a man from Jehovah," or as the Hebrew
(eth) may mean, "with the help of Jehovah"; she inferring
the commencement of the fulfillment of the pro...
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That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar....
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And the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the
cities of the Philistines [belonging] to the five lords,
[both] of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto
the great [stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the ark of
the LORD: [which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field
of Joshua, the Bethshemite....
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From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto
you, It shall be required of this generation....
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