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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
Dictionary Aids

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 timesmourn, 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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned H56 for his son many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 -

When the people heard this [fn]sad word, they went H56 into H56 mourning H56, and none of them put on his jewelry.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 -

Now when Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned H56 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 H56 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 H56 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 H56 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 H56 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 H56 mourning H56 rites H56, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil but be like a woman who has been mourning H56 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 H56 for Absalom.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned H56 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 H56 for Josiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, because he was mourning H56 over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 -

Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned H56 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 H56 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 H56 for himself.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 -

And her [fn]gates will lament and mourn H56,

And she will sit deserted on the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 -

And the fishermen will grieve,

And all those who cast a [fn]line into the Nile will mourn H56,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth dries H56 up H56 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 H56,

The vine decays,

All the joyful-hearted sigh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 -

The land mourns H56 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 66:10 -

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

Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn H56 over her,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 -

“For this the earth will mourn H56,

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 H56,

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 12:11 -

[fn]It has been made a desolation;

Desolate, it mourns H56 [fn]before Me;

The whole land has been made desolate,

Because no one takes it to heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 -

“Judah mourns H56

And her gates languish;

Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments,

And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 -

For the land is full of adulterers;

For the land mourns H56 because of the curse.

The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.

Their course is evil

And their might is not right.

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 H56;

They have languished together.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - ‘The time has come, the day has arrived. Let neither the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn H56; for wrath is against all their multitude.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - ‘The king will mourn H56, the prince will be clothed in horror, and the hands of the people of the land will [fn]tremble. I will deal with them because of their conduct, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 -

‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused H56 mourning H56; 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 H56 for three [fn]entire weeks.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 -

Therefore the land mourns H56,

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 H56 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 H56,

The ministers of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 -

The field is ruined,

The land mourns H56;

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 H56,

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 H56?

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 H56,

And all of it rises up like the Nile

And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

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