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Lexicon :: Strong's H56 - 'āḇal

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אָבַל
Transliteration
'āḇal
Pronunciation
aw-bal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 6

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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H56 in the following manner: mourn (36x), lament (3x).

  1. 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.
STRONGS H56: Abbreviations
† I. אָבַל 39 verb mourn (Assyrian [abâlu] see Dlw) —
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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:34; 37:34

Exodus

33:4

Numbers

14:39

1 Samuel

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

2 Samuel

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

1 Chronicles

7:22

2 Chronicles

35:24

Ezra

10:6

Nehemiah

1:4; 8:9

Job

14:22

Isaiah

19:8; 24:7; 66:10

Jeremiah

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

Lamentations

2:8; 2:8

Ezekiel

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

Daniel

10:2

Hosea

4:3; 4:3; 10:5

Joel

1:9; 1:10

Amos

1:2; 8:8; 9:5

H56

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - So Jacob H3290 tore H7167 his clothes, H8071 and put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on his loins H4975 and mourned H56 for his son H1121 many H7227 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people H5971 heard H8085 this H2088 [fn]sad H7451 word, H1697 they went H56 into mourning, H56 and none H3808 H376 of them put H7896 on his ornaments. H5716

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - When Moses H4872 spoke H1696 these H428 words H1697 to all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 the people H5971 mourned H56 greatly. H3966

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - He struck H5221 down H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD. H3068 He struck H5221 down H5221 of all the people, H5971 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men, H376 and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter. H4347

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Samuel H8050 did H3254 not see H7200 Saul H7586 again H3254 until H5704 the day H3117 of his death; H4194 for Samuel H8050 grieved H56 over H413 Saul. H7586 And the LORD H3068 regretted H5162 that He had made H4427 Saul H7586 king H4427 over H5921 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “How H4970 long H5704 will you grieve H56 over H413 Saul, H7586 since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel? H3478 Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go; H1980 I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite, H1022 for I have selected H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons.” H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - Now Absalom H53 fled H1272 and went H1980 to Talmai H8526 the son H1121 of Ammihud, H5989 the king H4428 of Geshur. H1650 And David mourned H56 for his son H1121 every H3605 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab H3097 sent H7971 to Tekoa H8620 and [fn]brought H3947 a wise H2450 woman H802 from there H8033 and said H559 to her, “Please H4994 pretend H56 to be a mourner, H56 and put H3847 on mourning H60 garments H899 now, H4994 and do not anoint H5480 yourself with oil, H8081 but be like a woman H802 who has been mourning H56 for the dead H4191 many H7227 days; H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - Then it was told H5046 Joab, H3097 “Behold, H2009 the king H4428 is weeping H1058 and mourns H56 for Absalom.” H53

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father H1 Ephraim H669 mourned H56 many H7227 days, H3117 and his relatives H251 came H935 to comfort H5162 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants H5650 took H5674 him out of the chariot H4818 and carried H7392 him in the second H4932 chariot H7393 which H834 he had, and brought H1980 him to Jerusalem H3389 [fn]where he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in the tombs H6913 of his fathers. H1 All H3605 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 mourned H56 for Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra H5830 rose H6965 from before H4480 H6440 the house H1004 of God H430 and went H1980 into the chamber H3957 of Jehohanan H3076 the son H1121 of Eliashib. H475 Although he went H1980 there, H8033 he did not eat H398 bread H3899 nor H3808 drink H8354 water, H4325 for he was mourning H56 over H5921 the unfaithfulness H4604 of the exiles. H1473

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard H8085 these H428 words, H1697 I sat H3427 down H3427 and wept H1058 and mourned H56 for days; H3117 and I was fasting H6684 and praying H6419 before H6440 the God H430 of heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah, H5166 who H1931 was the [fn]governor, H8660 and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe, H5608 and the Levites H3881 who taught H995 the people H5971 said H559 to all H3605 the people, H5971 “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to the LORD H3068 your God; H430 do not mourn H56 or weep.” H1058 For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - “But his [fn]body H1320 pains H3510 him,
And he mourns H56 only for himself.” H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her [fn]gates H6607 will lament H578 and mourn, H56
And deserted H5352 she will sit H3427 on the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishermen H1728 will lament, H578
And all H3605 those who cast H7993 a [fn]line H2443 into the Nile H2975 will mourn, H56
And those who spread H6566 nets H4365 on the waters H4325 will [fn]pine H535 away. H535

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth H776 mourns H56 and withers, H5034 the world H8398 fades H535 and withers, H5034 the exalted H4791 of the people H5971 of the earth H776 fade H535 away. H535

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new H8492 wine H8492 mourns, H56
The vine H1612 decays, H535
All H3605 the merry-hearted H8056 H3820 sigh. H584

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land H776 mourns H56 and pines H535 away, H535
Lebanon H3844 is shamed H2659 and withers; H7060
Sharon H8289 is like a desert H6160 plain, H6160
And Bashan H1316 and Carmel H3760 [fn]lose H5287 their foliage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Be joyful H8055 with Jerusalem H3389 and rejoice H1523 for her, all H3605 you who love H157 her;
Be exceedingly H4885 glad H7797 with her, all H3605 you who mourn H56 over H5921 her,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - “For this H2088 the earth H776 shall mourn H56
And the heavens H8064 above H4480 H4605 be dark, H6937
Because H5921 H3588 I have spoken, H1696 I have purposed, H2161
And I will not [fn]change H5162 My mind, H5162 nor H3808 will I turn H7725 from it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56
And the vegetation H6212 of the countryside H3605 H7704 to wither? H3001
For the wickedness H7451 of those who dwell H3427 in it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away, H5595
Because H3588 men have said, H559 “He will not see H7200 our latter H319 ending.” H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - “[fn]It has been made H7760 a desolation, H8077
Desolate, H8076 it mourns H56 [fn]before H5921 Me;
The whole H3605 land H776 has been made H8074 desolate, H8074
Because H3588 no H369 man H376 lays H7760 it to heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah H3063 mourns H56
And her gates H8179 languish; H535
They sit H6937 on the ground H776 in mourning, H6937
And the cry H6682 of Jerusalem H3389 has ascended. H5927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land H776 is full H4390 of adulterers; H5003
For the land H776 mourns H56 because H4480 H6440 of the curse. H423
The pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 have dried H3001 up.
Their course H4794 also is evil H7451
And their might H1369 is not right. H3651

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD H3068 [fn]determined H2803 to destroy H7843
The wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion. H6726
He has stretched H5186 out a line, H6957
He has not restrained H7725 His hand H3027 from [fn]destroying, H1104
And He has caused rampart H2426 and wall H2346 to lament; H56
They have languished H535 together. H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - ‘The time H6256 has come, H935 the day H3117 has arrived. H5060 Let not the buyer H7069 rejoice H8055 nor H408 the seller H4376 mourn; H56 for wrath H2740 is against H413 all H3605 their multitude. H1995

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - ‘The king H4428 will mourn, H56 the prince H5387 will be clothed H3847 with horror, H8077 and the hands H3027 of the people H5971 of the land H776 will [fn]tremble. H926 According H4480 to their conduct H1870 I will deal H6213 with them, and by their judgments H4941 I will judge H8199 them. And they will know H3045 that I am the LORD.’” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 lamentations; H56 I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers. H5104 And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up, and I made Lebanon H3844 [fn]mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on account H5921 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those H1992 days, H3117 I, Daniel, H1840 had been H1961 mourning H56 for three H7969 entire H3117 weeks. H7620

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the land H776 mourns, H56
And everyone H3605 who lives H3427 in it languishes H535
Along with the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 and the birds H5775 of the sky, H8064
And also H1571 the fish H1709 of the sea H3220 [fn]disappear. H622

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481
For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven. H1007
Indeed, H3588 its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,
And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out over H5921 it,
Over H5921 its glory, H3519 since H3588 it has departed H1540 from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262 are cut H3772 off H3772
From the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
The priests H3548 mourn, H56
The ministers H8334 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field H7704 is ruined, H7703
The land H127 mourns; H56
For the grain H1715 is ruined, H7703
The new H8492 wine H8492 dries H3001 up,
Fresh H3323 oil H3323 [fn]fails. H535

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - He said, H559
“The LORD H3068 roars H7580 from Zion H6726
And from Jerusalem H3389 He utters H5414 His voice; H6963
And the shepherds’ H7462 pasture H4999 grounds H4999 mourn, H56
And the [fn]summit H7218 of Carmel H3760 dries H3001 up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Because H5921 of this H2088 will not the land H776 quake H7264
And everyone H3605 who dwells H3427 in it mourn? H56
Indeed, all H3605 of it will rise H5927 up like the Nile, H2975
And it will be tossed H1644 about H1644
And subside H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts, H6635
The One who touches H5060 the land H776 so that it melts, H4127
And all H3605 those who dwell H3427 in it mourn, H56
And all H3605 of it rises H5927 up like the Nile H2975
And subsides H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt; H4714
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