Ἅβελ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל‎ (heḇel).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.bel/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.bɛl/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βel/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vel/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vel/

Proper noun

Ἅβελ • (Hábel) m (indeclinable)

Abel, the son of Adam

Descendants

Greek: Άβελ (Ável)
Russian: Авель (Avelʹ)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G6 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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