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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 — /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. * * * … Universalium
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
