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The name ABEL refers in the Book of Mormon only to the biblical figure. <ref>Though the Hebrew PN ''hevel'' is, according to the 1958 edition of Köhler-Baumgartner ''Lexicon'', p. 224, and in contemporary Bible dictionaries and other reference works, related to the Akkadian ''aplu/ablu,'' "son," and not the Hebrew ''hevel'', "(transitory) breath, wind, exhalation; vanity," it is uncertain from what root the name derives in subsequent editions of Köhler-Baumgartner.</ref> | The name ABEL refers in the Book of Mormon only to the biblical figure. <ref>Though the Hebrew PN ''hevel'' is, according to the 1958 edition of Köhler-Baumgartner ''Lexicon'', p. 224, and in contemporary Bible dictionaries and other reference works, related to the Akkadian ''aplu/ablu,'' "son," and not the Hebrew ''hevel'', "(transitory) breath, wind, exhalation; vanity," it is uncertain from what root the name derives in subsequent editions of Köhler-Baumgartner.</ref> Köhler-Baumgartner provides no certain etymology. | ||
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Revision as of 09:04, 15 April 2011
| Biblical PN | 1. | Son of ADAM and EVE (Helaman 6:27) |
The name ABEL refers in the Book of Mormon only to the biblical figure. [1] Köhler-Baumgartner provides no certain etymology.
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- ↑ Though the Hebrew PN hevel is, according to the 1958 edition of Köhler-Baumgartner Lexicon, p. 224, and in contemporary Bible dictionaries and other reference works, related to the Akkadian aplu/ablu, "son," and not the Hebrew hevel, "(transitory) breath, wind, exhalation; vanity," it is uncertain from what root the name derives in subsequent editions of Köhler-Baumgartner.
