Lexicon :: Strong's H56 - 'āḇal

אָבַל

Transliteration

'āḇal

Pronunciation

aw-bal'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 6

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אָבַל ʼâbal, aw-bal'; a primitive root; to bewail:—lament, mourn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H56 in the following manner: mourn (36x), lament (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to mourn, lament
1. (Qal) to mourn, lament
  1. of humans
  2. of inanimate objects (fig.)
    1. of gates
    2. of land
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
3. (Hithpael)
  1. to mourn
  2. play the mourner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אָבַל ʼâbal, aw-bal'; a primitive root; to bewail:—lament, mourn.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H56: Abbreviations

† I. אָבַל ₃₉ verb mourn (Assyrian [abâlu] see Dl^w) —
Qal Perfect אָבַל Isaiah 24:7 + 2 times etc. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hosea 4:3 + 3 times — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1:9; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:8 (|| אנה) compare Job 14:22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hosea 10:5; more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1 Samuel 3:26; land 1 Samuel 24:4; 1Sam 33:9; Hosea 4:3; Joel 1:10; Jeremiah 4:28 (followed by על) Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 23:10; compare Jeremiah 12:11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jeremiah 14:2; pastures Amos 1:2.
Hithp. — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 15:35; Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezekiel 7:12, 27; וַיִּתְאַבֵּל Genesis 37:34 + 3 times etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2 Samuel 14:2; Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 16:1 + 2 times etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2 || בכה 2 Chronicles 35:24, compare also Isaiah 66:10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1 Chronicles 7:22; compare 2 Samuel 14:2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 16:1; over sin followed by על Ezra 10:6 compare (absolute) Nehemiah 8:9; judgment of י׳ Exodus 33:4 absolute (indicated by dress), Numbers 14:39; Ezekiel 7:27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1 Samuel 6:19; calamity Nehemiah 1:4; Ezekiel 7:12 compare Daniel 10:2.
Hiph. Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezekiel 31:15; Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶל־ Lamentations 2:8; — cause to mourn; Ezekiel 31:15 absolute MT, but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Lamentations 2:8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).

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References

Genesis

Genesis 37:34; Genesis 37:34

Exodus

Exodus 33:4

Numbers

Numbers 14:39

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 6:19; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 24:4

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 7:22

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 35:24

Ezra

Ezra 10:6

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 8:9

Job

Job 14:22

Isaiah

Isaiah 19:8; Isaiah 24:7; Isaiah 66:10

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 12:11; Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 23:10

Lamentations

Lamentations 2:8; Lamentations 2:8

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 7:12; Ezekiel 7:12; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 31:15; Ezekiel 31:15

Daniel

Daniel 10:2

Hosea

Hosea 4:3; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 10:5

Joel

Joel 1:9; Joel 1:10

Amos

Amos 1:2; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5

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Strong's Number H56 matches the Hebrew אָבַל ('āḇal),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 37:34

Gen 37:34 - And Jacob H3290 rent^H7167 his clothes,^H8071 and put^H7760 sackcloth^H8242 upon his loins,^H4975 and mourned^H56 for his son^H1121 many^H7227 days.^H3117

Exo 33:4

Exo 33:4 - And when the people H5971 heard^H8085 these evil^H7451 tidings,^H1697 they mourned:^H56 and no man^H376 did put^H7896 on him his ornaments.^H5716

Num 14:39

Num 14:39 - And Moses H4872 told^H1696 these sayings^H1697 unto all the children^H1121 of Israel:^H3478 and the people^H5971 mourned^H56 greatly.^H3966

1Sa 6:19

1Sa 6:19 - And he smote H5221 the men^H376 of Bethshemesh,^H1053 because they had looked^H7200 into the ark^H727 of the LORD,^H3068 even he smote^H5221 of the people^H5971 fifty^H2572 thousand^H505 and threescore and ten^H7657 men:^H582 and the people^H5971 lamented,^H56 because the LORD^H3068 had smitten^H5221 many of the people^H5971 with a great^H1419 slaughter.^H4347

1Sa 15:35

1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel H8050 came no more^H3254 to see^H7200 Saul^H7586 until the day^H3117 of his death:^H4194 nevertheless^H3588 Samuel^H8050 mourned^H56 for Saul:^H7586 and the LORD^H3068 repented^H5162 that he had made Saul^H7586 king^H4427 over Israel.^H3478

1Sa 16:1

1Sa 16:1 - And the LORD H3068 said^H559 unto Samuel,^H8050 How long wilt thou mourn^H56 for Saul,^H7586 seeing I have rejected^H3988 him from reigning^H4427 over Israel?^H3478 fill^H4390 thine horn^H7161 with oil,^H8081 and go,^H3212 I will send^H7971 thee to Jesse^H3448 the Bethlehemite:^H1022 for I have provided^H7200 me a king^H4428 among his sons.^H1121

2Sa 13:37

2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom H53 fled,^H1272 and went^H3212 to Talmai,^H8526 the son^H1121 of Ammihud,^H5991^H5989 king^H4428 of Geshur.^H1650 And David mourned^H56 for his son^H1121 every day.^H3117

2Sa 14:2

2Sa 14:2 - And Joab H3097 sent^H7971 to Tekoah,^H8620 and fetched^H3947 thence a wise^H2450 woman,^H802 and said^H559 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner,^H56 and put on^H3847 now mourning^H60 apparel,^H899 and anoint^H5480 not thyself with oil,^H8081 but be as a woman^H802 that had a long^H7227 time^H3117 mourned^H56 for the dead:^H4191

2Sa 19:1

2Sa 19:1 - And it was told H5046 Joab,^H3097 Behold, the king^H4428 weepeth^H1058 and mourneth^H56 for Absalom.^H53

1Ch 7:22

1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim H669 their father^H1 mourned^H56 many^H7227 days,^H3117 and his brethren^H251 came^H935 to comfort^H5162 him.

2Ch 35:24

2Ch 35:24 - His servants H5650 therefore took^H5674 him out of that chariot,^H4818 and put^H7392 him in the second^H4932 chariot^H7393 that he had; and they brought^H3212 him to Jerusalem,^H3389 and he died,^H4191 and was buried^H6912 in one of the sepulchres^H6913 of his fathers.^H1 And all Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 mourned^H56 for Josiah.^H2977

Ezr 10:6

Ezr 10:6 - Then Ezra H5830 rose up^H6965 from before^H6440 the house^H1004 of God,^H430 and went^H3212 into the chamber^H3957 of Johanan^H3076 the son^H1121 of Eliashib:^H475 and when he came^H3212 thither, he did eat^H398 no bread,^H3899 nor drink^H8354 water:^H4325 for he mourned^H56 because of the transgression^H4604 of them that had been carried away.^H1473

Neh 1:4

Neh 1:4 - And it came to pass, when I heard H8085 these words,^H1697 that I sat down^H3427 and wept,^H1058 and mourned^H56 certain days,^H3117 and fasted,^H6684 and prayed^H6419 before^H6440 the God^H430 of heaven,^H8064

Neh 8:9

Neh 8:9 - And Nehemiah,H5166 which is the Tirshatha,^H8660 and Ezra^H5830 the priest^H3548 the scribe,^H5608 and the Levites^H3881 that taught^H995 the people,^H5971 said^H559 unto all the people,^H5971 This day^H3117 is holy^H6918 unto the LORD^H3068 your God;^H430 mourn^H56 not, nor weep.^H1058 For all the people^H5971 wept,^H1058 when they heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of the law.^H8451

Job 14:22

Job 14:22 - But his flesh H1320 upon him shall have pain,^H3510 and his soul^H5315 within him shall mourn.^H56

Isa 3:26

Isa 3:26 - And her gates H6607 shall lament^H578 and mourn;^H56 and she being desolate^H5352 shall sit^H3427 upon the ground.^H776

Isa 19:8

Isa 19:8 - The fishers H1771 also shall mourn,^H578 and all they that cast^H7993 angle^H2443 into the brooks^H2975 shall lament,^H56 and they that spread^H6566 nets^H4365 upon^H6440 the waters^H4325 shall languish.^H535

Isa 24:4

Isa 24:4 - The earth H776 mourneth^H56 and fadeth away,^H5034 the world^H8398 languisheth^H535 and fadeth away,^H5034 the haughty^H4791 people^H5971 of the earth^H776 do languish.^H535

Isa 24:7

Isa 24:7 - The new wine H8492 mourneth,^H56 the vine^H1612 languisheth,^H535 all the merryhearted^H8056^H3820 do sigh.^H584

Isa 33:9

Isa 33:9 - The earth H776 mourneth^H56 and languisheth:^H535 Lebanon^H3844 is ashamed^H2659 and hewn down:^H7060 Sharon^H8289 is like a wilderness;^H6160 and Bashan^H1316 and Carmel^H3760 shake off^H5287 their fruits.

Isa 66:10

Isa 66:10 - Rejoice H8055 ye with Jerusalem,^H3389 and be glad^H1523 with her, all ye that love^H157 her: rejoice^H7797 for joy^H4885 with her, all ye that mourn^H56 for her:

Jer 4:28

Jer 4:28 - For this shall the earth H776 mourn,^H56 and the heavens^H8064 above^H4605 be black:^H6937 because I have spoken^H1696 it, I have purposed^H2161 it, and will not repent,^H5162 neither will I turn back^H7725 from it.

Jer 12:4

Jer 12:4 - How long shall the land H776 mourn,^H56 and the herbs^H6212 of every field^H7704 wither,^H3001 for the wickedness^H7451 of them that dwell^H3427 therein? the beasts^H929 are consumed,^H5595 and the birds;^H5775 because they said,^H559 He shall not see^H7200 our last end.^H319

Jer 12:11

Jer 12:11 - They have made H7760 it desolate,^H8076 and being desolate^H8077 it mourneth^H56 unto me; the whole land^H776 is made desolate,^H8074 because no man^H376 layeth^H7760 it to heart.^H3820

Jer 14:2

Jer 14:2 - Judah H3063 mourneth,^H56 and the gates^H8179 thereof languish;^H535 they are black^H6937 unto the ground;^H776 and the cry^H6682 of Jerusalem^H3389 is gone up.^H5927

Jer 23:10

Jer 23:10 - For the land H776 is full^H4390 of adulterers;^H5003 for because^H6440 of swearing^H423 the land^H776 mourneth;^H56 the pleasant places^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 are dried up,^H3001 and their course^H4794 is evil,^H7451 and their force^H1369 is not right.

Lam 2:8

Lam 2:8 - The LORD H3068 hath purposed^H2803 to destroy^H7843 the wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion:^H6726 he hath stretched out^H5186 a line,^H6957 he hath not withdrawn^H7725 his hand^H3027 from destroying:^H1104 therefore he made the rampart^H2426 and the wall^H2346 to lament;^H56 they languished^H535 together.^H3162

Eze 7:12

Eze 7:12 - The time H6256 is come,^H935 the day^H3117 draweth near:^H5060 let not the buyer^H7069 rejoice,^H8055 nor the seller^H4376 mourn:^H56 for wrath^H2740 is upon all the multitude^H1995 thereof.

Eze 7:27

Eze 7:27 - The king H4428 shall mourn,^H56 and the prince^H5387 shall be clothed^H3847 with desolation,^H8077 and the hands^H3027 of the people^H5971 of the land^H776 shall be troubled:^H926 I will do^H6213 unto them after their way,^H1870 and according to their deserts^H4941 will I judge^H8199 them; and they shall know^H3045 that I am the LORD.^H3068

Eze 31:15

Eze 31:15 - Thus saith H559 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 In the day^H3117 when he went down^H3381 to the grave^H7585 I caused a mourning:^H56 I covered^H3680 the deep^H8415 for him, and I restrained^H4513 the floods^H5104 thereof, and the great^H7227 waters^H4325 were stayed:^H3607 and I caused Lebanon^H3844 to mourn^H6937 for him, and all the trees^H6086 of the field^H7704 fainted^H5969 for him.

Dan 10:2

Dan 10:2 - In those days H3117 I Daniel^H1840 was mourning^H56 three^H7969 full^H3117 weeks.^H7620

Hos 4:3

Hos 4:3 - Therefore shall the land H776 mourn,^H56 and every one that dwelleth^H3427 therein shall languish,^H535 with the beasts^H2416 of the field,^H7704 and with the fowls^H5775 of heaven;^H8064 yea, the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220 also shall be taken away.^H622

Hos 10:5

Hos 10:5 - The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria^H8111 shall fear^H1481 because of the calves^H5697 of Bethaven:^H1007 for the people^H5971 thereof shall mourn^H56 over it, and the priests^H3649 thereof that rejoiced^H1523 on it, for the glory^H3519 thereof, because it is departed^H1540 from it.

Joe 1:9

Joe 1:9 - The meat offering H4503 and the drink offering^H5262 is cut off^H3772 from the house^H1004 of the LORD;^H3068 the priests,^H3548 the LORD'S^H3068 ministers,^H8334 mourn.^H56

Joe 1:10

Joe 1:10 - The field H7704 is wasted,^H7703 the land^H127 mourneth;^H56 for the corn^H1715 is wasted:^H7703 the new wine^H8492 is dried up,^H3001 the oil^H3323 languisheth.^H535

Amo 1:2

Amo 1:2 - And he said,H559 The LORD^H3068 will roar^H7580 from Zion,^H6726 and utter^H5414 his voice^H6963 from Jerusalem;^H3389 and the habitations^H4999 of the shepherds^H7462 shall mourn,^H56 and the top^H7218 of Carmel^H3760 shall wither.^H3001

Amo 8:8

Amo 8:8 - Shall not the land H776 tremble^H7264 for this, and every one mourn^H56 that dwelleth^H3427 therein? and it shall rise up^H5927 wholly as a flood;^H2975 and it shall be cast out^H1644 and drowned,^H8257^H8248 as by the flood^H216 of Egypt.^H4714

Amo 9:5

Amo 9:5 - And the Lord H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635 is he that toucheth^H5060 the land,^H776 and it shall melt,^H4127 and all that dwell^H3427 therein shall mourn:^H56 and it shall rise up^H5927 wholly like a flood;^H2975 and shall be drowned,^H8257 as by the flood^H2975 of Egypt.^H4714

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