ā´bel (,×בל 'aÌ„bheÌ„l, “meadowâ€): A word used in several compound names of places. It appears by itself as the name of a city concerned in the rebellion of Sheba (; compare ), though it is there probably an abridgment of the name Abel-beth-maacah. In , where the Hebrew has “the great meadow,†and the Greek “the great stone,†the King James Version translates “the great stone of Abel.