Abel

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hebrew הבל (hebel, hevel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic  (aplu, “son”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪbəl/
• Homophone: able

Proper noun

Abel

1. (biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 4:8:

     And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

2. A male given name.

Translations

biblical character

Basque: Abel Catalan: Abel Czech: Abel (cs) Danish: Abel (da) Dutch: Abel (nl) Estonian: Aabel (et) Finnish: Abel (fi) French: Abel (fr) German: Abel (de) Greek: Ancient: Ἅβελ (Habel) m. Hawaiian: ʻAbela

Italian: Abele (it) Japanese: アベル (ja) (Aberu) Maltese: Abel (mt) Norwegian: Abel (no) Polish: Abel (pl) m. Portuguese: Abel (pt) Russian: Авель (Ável’) Slovene: Abel (sl) Spanish: Abel (es) Swedish: Abel (sv) Turkish: Habil (tr)

male given name

Breton: Avel, Avelig Danish: Abel (da) Dutch: Abel (nl) Faroese: Ábal (fo) Finnish: Aapeli (fi) French: Abel (fr) German: Abel (de)

Hawaiian: ʻApela Japanese: アベル (ja) (Aberu) Norwegian: Abel (no) Polish: Abel (pl) m. Spanish: Abel (es) m. Swedish: Abel (sv) West Frisian: Abe

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Arabic: هابيل (Habil) Mandarin: 亞伯, 亚伯 (Yàbó) Ewe: Habel

Persian: هابیل (Habil) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Авељ, Абел Roman: Avelj, Abel Turkish: Habil

See also

• Cain

Anagrams

• able, albe, bale, Elba

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Dutch

Proper noun

Abel

1. A male given name of biblical origin.

Related terms

• diminutives: Abeltje, Abe

Anagrams

• bale

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French

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Abel

1. (biblical) Abel.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• diminutives: Abeau, Abelin

Anagrams

• able, Bâle, béal, bêla

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀβελ (Abel), from Hebrew הבל (Hebel).

Proper noun

Abel m. (Cyrillic spelling Абел)

1. (biblical) Abel (son of Adam and Eve).
2. A male given name.

Declension

    declension of Abel

	singular	plural
nominative	Abel	-
genitive	Abela	-
dative	Abelu	-
accusative	Abela	-
vocative	Abele	-
locative	Abelom	-
instrumental	Abelu	-

See also

• Avelj

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Spanish

Proper noun

Abel m.

1. (biblical) Abel
   • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 4:8

     Y habló Caín á su hermano Abel: y aconteció que estando ellos en el campo, Caín se levantó contra su hermano Abel, y le mató.

Related terms

• diminutive: Abelito