Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(meadow). A prefix for several names of towns and places. (1) The “plain of the vineyards” (Judg. 11:33; see margin) (2) A city in the north of Palestine, attacked by Joab (2 Sam. 20:14-15). Probably same as Abel-Beth-Maachah. “Plain of the vineyard” (Judg. 11:33, margin note.) “Great stone of” (1 Sam. 6:18).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
The name, signifying “meadow,” given to several places, which are distinguished by the other names appended. The name “Abel” stands alone in 1 Samuel 6:18; for which see “ABEL, THE GREAT”; and in 2 Samuel 20:14, 18, for which see “ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 58; a meadow; Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Mourning; weeping; a plain, i. e., a moist, grassy place:―the name of two places in Palestine, 1 Sam. 6:18. {Lugens}