Abel-mizraim

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abel-mizraim
     meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e.,
     on the west of Jordan, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here
     the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen. 50:4-11). Its
     site is unknown.
     



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

  Abel-mizraim, the mourning of Egyptians