Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'abel' occurs 40 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'abel' in the standard works and contain 47.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Moses 5:17-20 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 4:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)


Gen. 4:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

 4:9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?




Moses 5:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 20:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 20 26 46
Gen. 9 3 12
Num. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 3 3
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 0 6 6
Neh. 0 3 3
Hag. 0 7 7
Zech. 0 4 4
NT 4 3 7
BM 1 1 2
DC 2 0 2
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 40 30 70

Gen. 4:2
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Gen. 4:4
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Gen. 4:8
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Gen. 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Gen. 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Gen. 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Gen. 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Gen. 36:39
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Gen. 50:11
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.