Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H56
אָבַל
a.val · “to mourn”
Used 39 times across 18 books
Definition
1) to mourn, lament
1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament
1a1) of humans
1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.)
1a2a) of gates
1a2b) of land
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to mourn
1c2) play the mourner
1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament
1a1) of humans
1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.)
1a2a) of gates
1a2b) of land
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to mourn
1c2) play the mourner
Where it appears
Genesis1
Exodus1
Numbers1
1 Samuel3
2 Samuel4
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles1
Ezra1
Nehemiah2
Job1
Isaiah6
Jeremiah5
Lamentations1
Ezekiel3
Daniel1
Hosea2
Joel2
Amos3
In the text
Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.Exodus 33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.Numbers 14:39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.1 Samuel 6:19And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:2 Samuel 19:2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.1 Chronicles 7:22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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