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Lexicon :: Strong's H60 - 'ēḇel

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אֵבֶל
Transliteration
'ēḇel
Pronunciation
ay'-bel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 6a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵבֶל ʼêbel, ay'-bel; from H56; lamentation:—mourning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H60 in the following manner: mourning (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H60 in the following manner: mourning (24x).

  1. mourning

    1. for the dead

    2. for rites of mourning (metaph)

    3. mourning garb

    4. period of mourning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵבֶל ʼêbel, ay'-bel; from H56; lamentation:—mourning.
STRONGS H60: Abbreviations
† אֵ֫בֶל noun masculineGenesis 50:11 mourning — absolute Genesis 50:10 + 17 times; construct Genesis 27:41 + 3 times; אֶבְלֵךְ Isaiah 60:20; אֶבְלָם Jeremiah 31:13 — for dead, construct Genesis 27:41; Deuteronomy 34:8 (|| בּכי) so יָחִיד א׳ simile for grievous mourning Amos 8:10, id. metaphor Jeremiah 6:26 (|| תַּמְרוּרִים מִסְפַּד); Genesis 50:11 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 16:7 compare 2 Samuel 19:3 עשה א׳ Ezekiel 24:17 (see Co) followed by לְ Genesis 50:10 (see also II. אָבֵל near the end); for calamity, Esther 4:3; Esther 9:22 (|| יָגוֺן; contracted יוֺם טוֺב) Job 30:31 (|| קול בכים Isaiah 60:20; Isaiah 61:3 (where apparently = mourning garb, followed by מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה, see also Bi Che on text.; || רוּחַ כֵּהָה; contracted שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֺן); Jeremiah 31:13 (|| שׂשׂון), Lamentations 5:15 (|| מָחוֺל), Amos 5:16 (|| מִסְפֵּד); compare כִּבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה א׳ Micah 1:8; = time, period of mourning 2 Samuel 11:7; בֵּית א׳ Ecclesiastes 7:2 (|| בּ׳ מִשְׁתֶּה, Ecclesiastes 7:4 (|| שִׂמְחָה בּ׳); בִּגְדֵי א׳ garments of mourning 2 Samuel 14:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:41; 27:41; 50:10; 50:10; 50:11; 50:11

Deuteronomy

34:8

2 Samuel

11:7; 14:2; 19:3

Esther

4:3; 9:22

Job

30:31

Ecclesiastes

7:2; 7:4

Isaiah

60:20; 60:20; 61:3

Jeremiah

6:26; 16:7; 31:13; 31:13

Lamentations

5:15

Ezekiel

24:17

Amos

5:16; 8:10

Micah

1:8

H60

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H60 matches the Hebrew אֵבֶל ('ēḇel),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning H60 for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and [fn]immense lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days of mourning H60 for his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - Now the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning H60 at [fn]the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, “This is an [fn]immense [fn]mourning H60 for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [fn]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning H60 for Moses came to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - Then the time of mourning H60 passed by, and David sent and gathered her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning H60 garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - And the salvation that day was turned to mourning H60 for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning H60 among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days the Jews obtained rest for themselves from their enemies, and it was a month which was turned around for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning H60 into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 -

“Therefore my harp [fn]is turned to mourning H60,

And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 -

Better to go to a house of mourning H60

Than to go to a house of feasting

Because [fn]that is the end of all mankind,

And the living puts this in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 -

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning H60,

While the heart of fools is in the house of gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 -

“Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light,

And the days of your mourning H60 will be finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

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To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a headdress instead of ashes,

The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning H60,

The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

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

The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth

And roll in ashes;

[fn]Mourn H60 as for an only son,

A lamentation most bitter.

For suddenly the destroyer

Will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - “Men will not break bread in mourning H60 for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of comforting to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together,

For I will turn their mourning H60 into joy

And will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy of our hearts has ceased;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning H60.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - “Groan silently; make no mourning H60 for the dead. Bind on your headdress and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh God of hosts, the Lord,

“There is wailing in all the plazas,

And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’

They also call the farmer to mourning H60

And [fn]professional weepers to wailing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“Then I will overturn your feasts into mourning H60

And all your songs into [fn]lamentation;

And I will bring up sackcloth on everyone’s loins

And baldness on every head.

And I will make it like a time of mourning H60 for an only son,

And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 -

Because of this I must lament and wail;

I must go barefoot and naked;

I must make a lament like the jackals

And a mourning H60 like the ostriches.

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