- Original: אבל - Transliteration: 'abel - Phonetic: aw-bale' - Definition: 1. meadow (from verb - to grow green, to withstand) - Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be grassy) - TWOT entry: 7a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From an unused root (meaning to be grassy); a meadow: - plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • plain, 1 Judges 11:33