Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim (the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt")^[1] is a place "beyond," or west, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seven days for Jacob (Genesis 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.

Notes

1. Meadow of Egypt, would come from Abel (Meadow) and Mizraim (Egypt). "Mourning of Egypt" would come from Ebel (Mourning).

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Abel-mizraim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.