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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, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[fn] of them to death because they looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - Joab was told, “The king is 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 many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, 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 withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before 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 teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had 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 feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow dark, because I have spoken and will not relent, I have decided and will not turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse[fn] the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time has come! The day has arrived! Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for my wrath is on the whole crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. “ ‘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: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.[fn] Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord, the LORD Almighty— he touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn; the whole land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt;
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