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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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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 - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And he smote among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, and smote of the people seventy men; and the people lamented, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned over Saul; and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - And Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - And his servants took him out from the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with dismay, and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble: I will do unto them according to their way, and with their judgments will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I made Lebanon black for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.
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