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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.
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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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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - And the people having heard this [fn]grievous saying, mourned in mourning apparel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Bæthsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and the Lord smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessæ, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - But Abessalom fled, and went to Tholmi son of Emiud king of Gedsur to the land of Chamaachad: and king David mourned for his son continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - (LXX 19:2) And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - And his servants lifted him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried with his fathers: and all Juda and Jerusalem lamented over Josias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the treasury of Joanan the son of Elisub; he even went thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water; for he mourned over the unfaithfulness of them of the captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for several days, and continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Neemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It is a holy day to the Lord our God; do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And the [fn]stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be [fn]laid bare, and Chermel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all ye that love her hold in her a general assembly: rejoice greatly with her, all that now mourn over her:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because the people said, God shall not see our ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so also their strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - Heth. And he has turned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out the measuring line, he has not turned back his hand from afflicting her: therefore the bulwark mourned, and the wall was weakened with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble: I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgments will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus saith the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Libanus saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The meat-offering and drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn, ye priests that serve at the altar of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Sion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - And shall not the land be troubled for these things, and shall not every one who dwells in it mourn? whereas destruction shall come up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - And the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, is he that takes hold of the land, and causes it to shake, and all that inhabit it shall mourn; and its destruction shall go up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.
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