See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

ABEL (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for breath)  , the second son of See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam, slain by See also:

• CAIN

Cain, his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother (Gen. iv . 1-16) . The narrative in See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis which tells us that " the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord had respect unto See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel and to his offering, but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect," is supplemented by the statement of the New Testament, that " by faith Abel offered unto See also:

• GOD

God a more excellent See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice than Cain" (Heb. xi . 4), and that Cain slew Abel "because his own See also:

• WORKS

works were evil and his brother's righteous" (1 See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John iii . 12) . See further under CAIN . The name has been identified with the See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian ablu, " son," but this is far from certain . It more probably means " herdsman " (cf. the name Jabal), and a distinction is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn between the See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral Abel and the agriculturist Cain . If Cain-is the eponym of the See also:

• KENITES

Kenites it is quite possible that Abel was originally a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Judaean demigod or See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero; on this, see Winckler, Gesch . Israels, ii. p . 189; E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Israeliten, p .

395 . A See also:

• SECT

sect of Abelitae, who seem to have lived in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, is mentioned by See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine (De Haeresibus, lxxxvi.) .