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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).
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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 Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - When Moses reported the LORD’s words to all the Israelites, the people were filled with grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But the LORD killed seventy men[fn] from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Samuel never went to meet with Saul again, but he mourned constantly for him. And the LORD was sorry he had ever made Saul king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - And David mourned many days for his son Amnon.
Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions.[fn] Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - [fn]Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot and placed him in another chariot. Then they brought him back to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried there in the royal cemetery. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night[fn] there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don’t mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - They suffer painfully;
their life is full of trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman,
huddled on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will lament for lack of work.
Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,
and those who use nets will lose heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and dries up,
and the crops waste away and wither.
Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The grapevines waste away,
and there is no new wine.
All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem!
Be glad with her, all you who love her
and all you who mourn for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - The earth will mourn
and the heavens will be draped in black
because of my decree against my people.
I have made up my mind and will not change it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long must this land mourn?
Even the grass in the fields has withered.
The wild animals and birds have disappeared
because of the evil in the land.
For the people have said,
“The LORD doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - They have made it an empty wasteland;
I hear its mournful cry.
The whole land is desolate,
and no one even cares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah wilts;
commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt.
All the people sit on the ground in mourning,
and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adultery,
and it lies under a curse.
The land itself is in mourning—
its wilderness pastures are dried up.
For they all do evil
and abuse what power they have.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD was determined
to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem.
He made careful plans for their destruction,
then did what he had planned.
Therefore, the ramparts and walls
have fallen down before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - Yes, the time has come;
the day is here!
Buyers should not rejoice over bargains,
nor sellers grieve over losses,
for all of them will fall
under my terrible anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king and the prince will stand helpless,
weeping in despair,
and the people’s hands
will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave,[fn] I made the deep springs mourn. I stopped its rivers and dried up its abundant water. I clothed Lebanon in black and caused the trees of the field to wilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - That is why your land is in mourning,
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for what might happen to their calf idol at Beth-aven.[fn]
The people mourn and the priests wail,
because its glory will be stripped away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - For there is no grain or wine
to offer at the Temple of the LORD.
So the priests are in mourning.
The ministers of the LORD are weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The fields are ruined,
the land is stripped bare.
The grain is destroyed,
the grapes have shriveled,
and the olive oil is gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - This is what he saw and heard:
“The LORD’s voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem!
The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up;
the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - The earth will tremble for your deeds,
and everyone will mourn.
The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime;
it will heave up, then sink again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
touches the land and it melts,
and all its people mourn.
The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime,
and then it sinks again.
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