Abel-meholah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abel-meholah
     meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and
     residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1
     Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady
     el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, "the rich
     meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean;


     moist and luxuriant." Here Elisha was found at his plough by
     Elijah on his return up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings
     19:16). It is now called 'Ain Helweh.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abel-meholah, mourning of sickness