Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H57
אָבֵל
a.vel · “mourning”
Used 8 times across 6 books
Definition
1) mourning
1a) for the dead
1b) because of calamity
1c) of rites of mourning
2) mourner (subst.)
2a) for the dead
2b) for calamity
1a) for the dead
1b) because of calamity
1c) of rites of mourning
2) mourner (subst.)
2a) for the dead
2b) for calamity
Where it appears
Genesis1
Esther1
Job1
Psalms1
Isaiah3
Lamentations1
In the text
Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Esther 6:12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.Psalms 35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.Isaiah 61:2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.Lamentations 1:4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
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