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/ay'beuhl mi hoh"leuh/, n.a city in ancient Palestine, east of the Jordan River: the home of Elisha. Judges 7:22; I Kings 4:12; 19:16.
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ABEL-MEHOLAH — (Heb. אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה), ancient city in the Jordan Valley that was the birthplace of the prophet elisha (I Kings 19:16). Abel Meholah also appears in the Bible as a place through which the Midianites passed in their flight from gideon (Judg. 7:22) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abel-meholah — (trans. meadow of dancing , or the dancing meadow ) was the birthplace and residence of the prophet Elisha. It is located near where the Wady el Maleh merges into the Jordan River, south of Bethshean. Here Elisha was found at his plough by Elijah … Wikipedia
Abel-meholah — Meadow of dancing, or the dancing meadow, the birth place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth shean (1 Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady el Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, the rich… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Abel-meholah — /ay beuhl mi hoh leuh/, n. a city in ancient Palestine, east of the Jordan River: the home of Elisha. Judges 7:22; I Kings 4:12; 19:16 … Useful english dictionary
ABEL-MAUL — (Gr. ʾΑβελμαωυλ), a city cited in the apocalyptic work the Greek Testament of Levi 2:3, 5 as the place where Levi received a vision of the seven heavens. The name is the Greek form of the Hebrew Abel Meholah, mentioned in Judges 7:22 and in I… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Elisha — Infobox Saint name=Saint Eliseus birth date= death date= feast day=June 14 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism imagesize= caption=Russian icon of St. Eliseus, 18th century (Iconostasis… … Wikipedia
ELISHA — (Heb. אֱלִישָׁע; God is salvation ), Israelite prophetic wonder worker of the ninth century B.C.E. in the days of jehoram son of ahab , jehu , jehoahaz , and joash . According to I Kings 19:16, God commanded elijah on Mount Horeb to anoint Elisha … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
BARZILLAI — (Heb. בַּרְזִלַּי), name of two biblical persons. (1) Barzillai the Gileadite (Heb. הַגִּלְעָדִי), a wealthy man of Rogelim. When David and his men fled to Mahanaim in Gilead because of absalom s rebellion, he, like two other prominent… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shaphat — of Abel meholah: a character in the Bible, father of Elisha and son of Adlai.And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.And it… … Wikipedia
