H56 אָבַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 39 KJV occurrences
אָבַל
ʼâbal · aw-bal'
Definition
to bewail
KJV Renderings
lament, mourn.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 39)
- Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- 1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
- Nehemiah 8:9¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
- Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- Jeremiah 12:11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
- Ezekiel 7:27The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Joel 1:9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.