1) mourning 1a) for the dead 1b) for rites of mourning (metaph) 1c) mourning garb 1d) period of mourning
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H60 — אֵ֫בֶל
e.vel · mourning · Hebrew/Aramaic
21 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 27:41 · אֵ֣בֶלEsau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”Genesis 50:10 · אֵ֖בֶלWhen they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.Genesis 50:11 · הָאֵ֗בֶל · אֵֽבֶל־When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.Deuteronomy 34:8 · אֵ֥בֶלThe Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.2 Samuel 11:27 · הָאֵ֗בֶלAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Samuel 14:2 · אֵ֗בֶלSo Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.2 Samuel 19:2 · לְאֵ֖בֶלAnd that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”Esther 4:3 · אֵ֤בֶלIn every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Esther 9:22 · וּמֵאֵ֖בֶלas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.Job 30:31 · לְ֭אֵבֶלMy harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.Ecclesiastes 7:2 · אֵ֗בֶלIt is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.Ecclesiastes 7:4 · אֵ֔בֶלThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.Isaiah 60:20 · אֶבְלֵֽךְ׃Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.Isaiah 61:3 · אֵ֔בֶלto console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.Jeremiah 6:26 · אֵ֤בֶלO daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.Jeremiah 16:7 · אֵ֖בֶלNo food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.Jeremiah 31:13 · אֶבְלָ֤םThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.Lamentations 5:15 · לְאֵ֖בֶלJoy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.Amos 5:16 · אֵ֔בֶלTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.Amos 8:10 · לְאֵ֗בֶל · כְּאֵ֣בֶלI will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.Micah 1:8 · וְאֵ֖בֶלBecause of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.