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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.
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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 - And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, 'The days of mourning for my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, 'A grievous mourning is this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath one called its name 'The mourning of the Egyptians,' which is beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses are completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - and the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, 'Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, 'The king hath been grieved for his son.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, 'Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men -- together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - Cease to groan, for the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places is lamentation, And in all out-places they say, 'Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
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