Abel-mizraim — the meaning of the Hebrew name אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם

אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם

ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim · pronounced aw-bale' mits-rah'-yim · Strong's H67 · a place

Abel-mizraim means meadow of Egypt.

Built from

אָבֵל ʼâbêl (from, H58) — a meadow open in the lexicon ›

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim (and, H4714) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H58 and H4714; meadow of Egypt; Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Gen 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. (KJV)

Every verse that names Abel-mizraim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

Gen 50:11

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