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Abel-maim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(meadow of waters). Another name for Abel-beth-maachah (2 Chron. 16:4⁴And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. (2 Chronicles 16:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

66 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Abel

Phonic:

Mayim, Abel-maim

Meaning:

from 58 and 4325; meadow of water; Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Abel-maim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

mourning of the waters

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Place of the waters; mourning of the waters:―a place in Palestine, 2 Chron. 16:4. {Locus aquarum}