Abel

See also: abel, Ábel, Abèl, -abel, and abel'

English

William Adolphe Bouguereau's The First Mourning (1888)

Etymology

From Middle English Abel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”), possibly from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
• Homophone: able

Proper noun

Abel

1. (biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
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     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 from Hebrew.
3. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name

Translations

biblical character

• Arabic: هَابِيل m (hābīl)
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: הבל (heḇel)

  Syriac: ܗܒܝܠ

• Armenian: Աբել (Abel)
• Basque: Abel (eu)
• Catalan: Abel (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 亞伯／亚伯 (aa³ baak³), 亚伯 (aa³ baak³), 亞伯爾／亚伯尔 (aa³ baak³ ji⁵), 亚伯尔 (aa³ baak³ ji⁵) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 亞伯／亚伯 (zh) (yàbó), 亚伯 (zh) (Yàbó), 亞伯爾／亚伯尔 (yàbó'ěr), 亚伯尔 (Yàbó'ěr) (Catholic)

• Czech: Abel m
• Danish: Abel
• Dutch: Abel (nl) m
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• Estonian: Aabel (et)
• Ewe: Habel
• Finnish: Abel
• French: Abel (fr) m
• German: Abel (de) m
• Greek: Άβελ (el) m (Ável)

  Ancient: Ἅβελ m (Hábel)

• Hawaiian: ʻAbela
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• Hebrew: הֶבֶל (he) (hevel)
• Italian: Abele (it)
• Japanese: アベル (Aberu)
• Korean: 아벨 (Abel)
• Kurdish:
• Malay: Habil
• Maltese: Abel
• Ngazidja Comorian: Habila
• Norwegian: Abel
• Persian: هابیل (fa) (hâbil)
• Polish: Abel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Abel (pt)
• Russian: А́вель (ru) m (Ávelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Авељ, Абел

  Roman: Avelj, Abel

• Slovene: Abel m
• Spanish: Abel (es) m
• Swedish: Abel (sv)
• Telugu: హెబెల్ (hebel)
• Turkish: Habil (tr)

male given name

• Breton: Avel, Avelig
• Catalan: Abel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿貝爾／阿贝尔 (zh) (Ābèi'ěr), 阿贝尔 (zh) (aa3 bui3 ji5), 亞伯／亚伯 (aa³ baak³), 亚伯 (aa³ baak³)

  Mandarin: 阿貝爾／阿贝尔 (zh) (Ābèi'ěr), 阿贝尔 (zh) (Ābèi'ěr), 亞伯／亚伯 (zh) (yàbó), 亚伯 (zh) (Yàbó)

• Danish: Abel
• Dutch: Abel (nl) m
• Ewe: Habel
• Faroese: Ábal
• Finnish: Aapeli (fi)
• French: Abel (fr) m
• Galician: Abel (gl)
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• German: Abel (de) m
• Hawaiian: ʻApela
• Japanese: アベル (Aberu)
• Korean: 아벨 (abel)
• Malay: Habil
• Norwegian: Abel
• Polish: Abel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Abel (pt) m
• Russian: Э́йбел m (Éjbel) (transliteration)
• Spanish: Abel (es) m
• Swedish: Abel (sv)
• West Frisian: Abe

See also

• Cain

Anagrams

• -able, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (hével).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.bəl/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Abel
• Rhymes: -aːbəl

Proper noun

Abel m

1. Abel (Biblical character)
2. a male given name of biblical origin.

Related terms

• diminutives: Abeltje, Abe

Anagrams

• bale

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛl/

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Abel ?

1. Abel (biblical character)
2. a male given name.

Related terms

• diminutives: Abeau, Abelin

Anagrams

• able, Bâle, béal, bêla

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Abel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɛw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɛɫ/
• Hyphenation: A‧bel

Proper noun

Abel m

1. (biblical) Abel (son of Adam and Eve)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abel.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎːbel/
• Hyphenation: A‧bel

Proper noun

Ábel m (Cyrillic spelling А́бел)

1. 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.

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Abel.

Related terms

• diminutive: Abelito