Abel
Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet
the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow .
Additional entry
(i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness , probably so called from the shortness of his life), the second son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain, (Genesis 4:1-16) he was a keeper or feeder of sheep. Our Lord spoke of Abel as the first martyr, (Matthew 23:35) so did the early Church subsequently. The traditional site of his murder and his grave are pointed out near Damascus.In other dictionaries
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