Abel

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Biblical figure Human Son

Abel is a biblical figure, the second son of Adam and Eve, known for being a righteous shepherd whose murder by his brother Cain marks the first homicide in the Bible.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Abel canonical	29
Habil (Abel)	1
the biblical character Abel	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical figure ⓘ Human ⓘ Son ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ
associatedConcept	First murder in human history (according to the Bible) ⓘ
birthOrder	Second son of Adam and Eve ⓘ
characterTrait	Righteous ⓘ
commemoratedAs	Righteous martyr in Christian tradition ⓘ
contrastedWith	Cain ⓘ
deathCause	Murder ⓘ
familyRelation	Brother of Cain ⓘ Son of Adam ⓘ Son of Eve ⓘ
gender	Male ⓘ
hasParent	Adam ⓘ Eve ⓘ
hasSibling	Cain ⓘ
killedBy	Cain ⓘ
knownFor	Being murdered by his brother Cain ⓘ Being the first homicide victim in the Bible ⓘ Offering an acceptable sacrifice to God ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hebrews 11:4 ⓘ Luke 11:51 ⓘ Matthew 23:35 ⓘ Quran (as one of the two sons of Adam) ⓘ
moralContrastWith	Cain ⓘ
moralEvaluationInText	Righteous before God ⓘ
name	Abel self-link ⓘ
nameMeaning	Breath ⓘ Vapor ⓘ
narrativeRole	Victim of fratricide ⓘ
occupation	Shepherd ⓘ
offeredTo	God ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
sacrificeAcceptedBy	God ⓘ
sacrificeType	Animal offering ⓘ
scripturalReference	Genesis 4:1–8 ⓘ
storyTheme	Divine justice ⓘ Jealousy ⓘ Violence ⓘ
symbolizes	Innocent suffering ⓘ Righteous martyrdom ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eve → offspring → Abel ⓘ

Niels Henrik Abel → familyName → Abel ⓘ

Abel Tasman → givenName → Abel ⓘ

Adam → parentOf → Abel ⓘ

חַוָּה → parentOf → Abel ⓘ

Abel → name → Abel self-link ⓘ

Abel Korzeniowski → givenName → Abel ⓘ

Niels → familyName → Abel ⓘ

subject surface form: Niels Henrik Abel

Hall of Faith → includesFigure → Abel ⓘ

Seth → sibling → Abel ⓘ

Seth → bornAfter → Abel ⓘ

Greg Abel → familyName → Abel ⓘ

Sandman → hasCharacter → Abel ⓘ

subject surface form: The Sandman

Primeval history → mainCharacter → Abel ⓘ

אָדָם → child → Abel ⓘ

Cain → sibling → Abel ⓘ

Cain → victim → Abel ⓘ

Cain → contrastedWith → Abel ⓘ

Allegorical Interpretation (Legum Allegoriae) → interpretsAsAllegory → Abel ⓘ

Prophet Adam → children → Abel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Habil (Abel)

Alligator → hasPart → Abel ⓘ

Abel Gance → givenName → Abel ⓘ

Walter Abel → familyName → Abel ⓘ

Children of Eden → centralCharacter → Abel ⓘ

Carl Friedrich Abel → familyName → Abel ⓘ

Faith Hall of Fame → includesFigure → Abel ⓘ

Genesis 4 → mainCharacters → Abel ⓘ

Abel Heywood → givenName → Abel ⓘ

Aron Trask → inspiredBy → Abel ⓘ

this entity surface form: the biblical character Abel

Abel Ferrara → givenName → Abel ⓘ

Book XV → hasKeyFigureDiscussed → Abel ⓘ

subject surface form: Book XV (The City of God)