Ἅβελ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל (heḇel).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.bel/ → /ˈa.βel/ → /ˈa.vel/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.bel/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.bel/
• (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)

1. Abel, the son of Adam

Descendants

• Greek: Άβελ (Ável)
• Russian: А́вель (Ávelʹ)
• Latin: Abēlus, Abē̆l, Habel (see there for further descendants)

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible