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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain. · A male given name from Hebrew. · A surname originating as a patronymic. · An unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, named after the biblical Abel.
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הָ֑בֶל (háḇel)bor. Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel)bor. Latin Abē̆lder. Old English Ābel Middle English Abel English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the homonymous word הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”).
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