noun · masculine
habel
GreekἍβελ (habel)
Strong’sG6
Abel
stem habel-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἄβελ, (WH, Ἅ-), ὁ, indecl.
(הֶבֶל),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G6 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidab'-el
Abel, the son of Adam
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesAbel.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | habel1×Ἅβελ | habel |
| object accusative | habel1×Ἅβελ | habel |
| direct address vocative | habel | habel |
| of, belonging to genitive | habel2×Ἅβελ | habel |
| to, for dative | habel | habel |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
habel“Abel”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 11:4“Abel”Pistia polloteran thusian Habel para Kain prosferata to theo, dia hau marturita arō dikaios, marturarōtou epi tei dōrei autou tou theou, kai dia autau apothnēskaratos ēti lalatō.By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
habel“Abel”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 12:24“Abel”kai diathēkau neau mesito Iēso, kai haime rantismou kreittōnem lalarōto para ton Habel.to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
habel“Abel”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 23:35“Abel”hopōs erchateia epi vin pantem haimem dikaiem ekchirōtem epi tau gēau apo teu haimeu Habel tou dikaiou heōs teu haimeu Zachariou huiou Barachiou, hon foneuava metaxu tou naou kai teu thusiastērieu.And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Luke 11:51“Abel”apo haimeu Habel heōs haimeu Zachariou tou apollueratou metaxu teu thusiastērieu kai tou oikou; nai, legamō vi, ekzētiti apo tau geneau houtau.from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.