1) mourning 1a) for the dead 1b) because of calamity 1c) of rites of mourning 2) mourner (subst.) 2a) for the dead 2b) for calamity
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H57 — אָבֵל
a.vel · mourning · Hebrew/Aramaic
8 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 37:35 · אָבֵ֖לAll his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.Esther 6:12 · אָבֵ֖לMordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.Job 29:25 · אֲבֵלִ֣יםI chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.Psalm 35:14 · כַּאֲבֶל־I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.Isaiah 57:18 · וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.Isaiah 61:2 · אֲבֵלִֽים׃to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;Isaiah 61:3 · לַאֲבֵלֵ֣יto appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.Lamentations 1:4 · אֲבֵל֗וֹתThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.