masc. proper name, in the Old Testament the second son of Adam and Eve, from Hebrew Hebhel, literally "breath," also "vanity;" "so called from his short life and sudden death& [..]

Abel [N] [H] [S](Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain ( Genesis 4:1-16 ). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two broth [..]

Abel [N] [E] [S] vanity; breath; vapor

Abel [N] [E] [S] a city; mourning

(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen. 4:1-16). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two brothers were trained in t [..]

the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow .(i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness, probably so called from the shortness of his life), the second son of Adam, murdered by his [..]

(the great abel), the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Beth-shemesh. (1 Samuel 6:18)

Abel. vanity; breath; vapor

Abel. a city; mourning

(n) Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)(n) (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain

EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's ability to pay a civil penalty.

(Hebrew הבל Hei, Beth, Lamed, pronounced "ha-bel") Literally, "nonsense, futility, idleness, vapor, breath, vanity, to waste life on vain things."

(like Cain's brother) abbr. A design language for creating the logic to be implemented in a simple programmable logic device. Short for Advanced Boolean Expression Language. Programs created with [..]

<person> A German bacteriologist, 1868-1942. See: Abel's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000)

From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning &quot;breath&quot;. In the Old Testament he is the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came i [..]