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Lexicon :: Strong's G3996 - pentheō

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πενθέω
Transliteration
pentheō (Key)
Pronunciation
pen-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:40,825

Trench's Synonyms: lxv. λυπέομαι, πενθέω, θρηνέω, κόπτω.

Strong’s Definitions

πενθέω penthéō, pen-theh'-o; from G3997; to grieve (the feeling or the act):—mourn, (be-)wail.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3996 in the following manner: mourn (7x), wail (2x), bewail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3996 in the following manner: mourn (7x), wail (2x), bewail (1x).
  1. to mourn

  2. to mourn for, lament one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πενθέω penthéō, pen-theh'-o; from G3997; to grieve (the feeling or the act):—mourn, (be-)wail.
STRONGS G3996:
πενθέω, πένθω; future πενθήσω; 1 aorist ἐπένθησα (πένθος); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for אָבַל; to mourn;
a. intransitive: Matthew 5:4 (Matthew 5:5); Matthew 9:15; 1 Corinthians 5:2; πενθεῖν καί κλαίειν, Mark 16:10; Luke 6:25; James 4:9; Revelation 18:15, 19; ἐπί τίνι, over one, Revelation 18:11 R G L (Isaiah 66:10); ἐπί τινα, ibid. T Tr WH (2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Chronicles 35:24, etc.).
b. transitive, to mourn for, lament, one: 2 Corinthians 12:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 635f (590); Buttmann, § 131, 4. Synonym: see θρηνέω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
13:37
2 Chronicles
35:24
Isaiah
66:10
Matthew
5:4; 5:5; 9:15
Mark
16:10
Luke
6:25
1 Corinthians
5:2
2 Corinthians
12:21
James
4:9
Revelation
18:11; 18:15; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3996 matches the Greek πενθέω (pentheō),
which occurs 48 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [fn]came in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:3 - Now forty days were [fn]required for [fn]it, for [fn]such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 -

Now when Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 -

Now He fatally struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, though Samuel mourned for [fn]Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 -

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for [fn]Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 -

Now Absalom had fled and gone to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent a messenger to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please follow mourning rites, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for many days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 -

[fn]Then it was reported to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and he mourns for Absalom.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him on the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem [fn]where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 -

Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 -

Then Nehemiah, who was the [fn]governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 -

“However, his [fn]body pains him,

And his soul mourns for himself.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 -

I went about as though it were my friend or brother;

I bowed down [fn]in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63 -

Fire devoured [fn]His young men,

And [fn]His virgins had no wedding songs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 -

And her [fn]gates will lament and mourn,

And she will sit deserted on the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 -

For the fields of Heshbon have [fn]withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;

The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters

Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;

Its [fn]tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 -

And the fishermen will grieve,

And all those who cast a [fn]line into the Nile will mourn,

And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 -

The new wine mourns,

The vine decays,

All the joyful-hearted sigh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 -

The land mourns and wastes away,

Lebanon is shamed and withers;

Sharon is like a desert plain,

And Bashan and Carmel [fn]lose their foliage.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 -

To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all who mourn,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a garland instead of ashes,

The oil of gladness instead of mourning,

The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.

So they will be called [fn]oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 -

“Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;

Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 -

“For this the earth will mourn,

And the heavens above will become dark,

Because I have spoken, I have purposed,

And I have not [fn]changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 -

How long is the land to mourn,

And the vegetation of the [fn]countryside to dry up?

Due to the wickedness of those who live in it,

Animals and birds have been snatched away,

Because people have said, “He will not see our final end.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 -

“Judah mourns

And her gates languish;

Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments,

And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 -

For this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to mourn or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the LORD, “and My favor and compassion.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 -

For the land is full of adulterers;

For the land mourns because of the curse.

The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.

Their course is evil

And their might is not right.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 -

“Set up roadmarks for yourself,

Place guideposts for yourself;

Direct your [fn]mind to the highway,

The way by which you went.

Return, O virgin of Israel,

Return to these your cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 -

The roads [fn]of Zion are in mourning

Because no one comes to an appointed feast.

All her gates are deserted;

Her priests groan,

Her virgins are worried,

And as for Zion herself, it is bitter for her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

The LORD determined to destroy

The wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line,

He has not restrained His hand from [fn]destroying,

And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn;

They have languished together.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 -

‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the [fn]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 -

In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three [fn]entire weeks.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 -

Therefore the land mourns,

And everyone who lives in it languishes

Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky,

And even the fish of the sea [fn]disappear.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 -

The inhabitants of Samaria will fear

For the [fn]calf of Beth-aven.

Indeed, its people will mourn for it,

And its idolatrous priests [fn]will cry out over it,

Over its glory, since it has left it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 -

The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off

From the house of the LORD.

The priests mourn,

The ministers of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 -

The field is ruined,

The land mourns;

For the grain is ruined,

The new wine has dried up,

Fresh oil has [fn]failed.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 -

And he said,

“The LORD roars from Zion,

And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;

And the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn,

And the [fn]summit of Carmel dries up.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 -

“Because of this will the land not quake,

And everyone who lives in it mourn?

Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile,

And it will be tossed about

And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 -

The Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

The One who touches the land so that it quakes,

And all those who live in it mourn,

And all of it rises up like the Nile

And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

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