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 · אָבֵ֖לand all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, ‘For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,’ and his father weepeth for him.Esther 6:12 · אָבֵ֖לAnd Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,Job 29:25 · אֲבֵלִ֣יםI choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.Psalm 35:14 · כַּאֲבֶל־As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.Isaiah 57:18 · וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.Isaiah 61:2 · אֲבֵלִֽים׃To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.Isaiah 61:3 · לַאֲבֵלֵ֣יTo 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.’Lamentations 1:4 · אֲבֵל֗וֹתThe ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted—and she hath bitterness.