קִינָה
Transliteration
qînâ
Pronunciation
kee-naw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קוֹנֵן (H6969)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2018a

Strong’s Definitions

קִינָה qîynâh, kee-naw'; from H6969; a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments):—lamentation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H7015 in the following manner: lamentation (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H7015 in the following manner: lamentation (18x).

  1. lamentation, dirge, elegy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִינָה qîynâh, kee-naw'; from H6969; a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments):—lamentation.
STRONGS H7015: Abbreviations
† II. קִינָה noun feminine elegy, dirge; — absolute ק׳ 2 Samuel 1:17 +; plural קִינִים Ezekiel 2:10 (but read קינה Co — not Berthol Toy Krae), קִינוֺת 2 Chronicles 35:25; suffix קִינוֺתֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 35:25; — elegy, dirge 2 Samuel 1:17; Ezekiel 19:14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 32:16, plural 2 Chronicles 35:25; singular || אֵבֶל Amos 8:10, || הֶגֶה וָהִי Ezekiel 2:10, נשׂא ק׳ Jeremiah 7:29, with עַל for, Amos 5:1; Jeremiah 9:9; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 32:2; with אֶל Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 27:32; למּד ק׳ Jeremiah 9:19 (|| נֶהִי); plural as collection of written dirges 2 Chronicles 35:25. — BuZAW ii (1882), 1 ff. compare iii (1883), 299 ff. thinks Kina rhythm always 3 + 2 tone-beats, but book Lamentations (Hebrew קִינוֺת) is in all parts pentameter, 3 + 2 varying sometimes with 2 + 3, yet always 5 in line, with caesura; of other קִינוֺת, Amos 5:2; Ezekiel 19:2ff. Ezekiel 26:17b ff. are pentameter, 2 Samuel 1:19ff. 2 Samuel 3:33f. tetrameter, Ezekiel 27:3ff. Ezekiel 28:12ff. Ezekiel 32:2ff. hexameter; see BrGen.Intr. 379 ff.
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References

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 1:19; 2 Samuel 3:33

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:9; Jeremiah 9:19

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 2:10; Ezekiel 2:10; Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 19:2; Ezekiel 19:14; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 27:32; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 32:2; Ezekiel 32:2; Ezekiel 32:16

Amos

Amos 5:1; Amos 5:2; Amos 8:10