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Lexicon :: Strong's H56 - 'āḇal

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אָבַל
Transliteration
'āḇal
Pronunciation
aw-bal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 6

Strong’s Definitions

אָבַל ʼâbal, aw-bal'; a primitive root; to bewail:—lament, mourn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H56 in the following manner: mourn (36x), lament (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H56 in the following manner: mourn (36x), lament (3x).

  1. to mourn, lament

    1. (Qal) to mourn, lament

      1. of humans

      2. of inanimate objects (fig.)

        1. of gates

        2. of land

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to mourn

      2. play the mourner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָבַל ʼâbal, aw-bal'; a primitive root; to bewail:—lament, mourn.
STRONGS H56: Abbreviations
† I. אָבַל 39 verb mourn (Assyrian [abâlu] see Dlw) —
Qal Perfect אָבַל Isaiah 24:7 + 2 times etc. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hosea 4:3 + 3 times — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1:9; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:8 (|| אנה) compare Job 14:22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hosea 10:5; more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1 Samuel 3:26; land 1 Samuel 24:4; 1Sam 33:9; Hosea 4:3; Joel 1:10; Jeremiah 4:28 (followed by על) Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 23:10; compare Jeremiah 12:11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jeremiah 14:2; pastures Amos 1:2.
Hithp. — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 15:35; Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezekiel 7:12, 27; וַיִּתְאַבֵּל Genesis 37:34 + 3 times etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2 Samuel 14:2; Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 16:1 + 2 times etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2 || בכה 2 Chronicles 35:24, compare also Isaiah 66:10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1 Chronicles 7:22; compare 2 Samuel 14:2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 16:1; over sin followed by על Ezra 10:6 compare (absolute) Nehemiah 8:9; judgment of י׳ Exodus 33:4 absolute (indicated by dress), Numbers 14:39; Ezekiel 7:27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1 Samuel 6:19; calamity Nehemiah 1:4; Ezekiel 7:12 compare Daniel 10:2.
Hiph. Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezekiel 31:15; Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶל־ Lamentations 2:8; — cause to mourn; Ezekiel 31:15 absolute MT, but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Lamentations 2:8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:34; 37:34

Exodus

33:4

Numbers

14:39

1 Samuel

6:19; 15:35; 15:35; 16:1; 16:1; 24:4

2 Samuel

13:37; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 19:2

1 Chronicles

7:22

2 Chronicles

35:24

Ezra

10:6

Nehemiah

1:4; 8:9

Job

14:22

Isaiah

19:8; 24:7; 66:10

Jeremiah

4:28; 12:4; 12:11; 14:2; 23:10

Lamentations

2:8; 2:8

Ezekiel

7:12; 7:12; 7:27; 7:27; 31:15; 31:15

Daniel

10:2

Hosea

4:3; 4:3; 10:5

Joel

1:9; 1:10

Amos

1:2; 8:8; 9:5

H56

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H56 matches the Hebrew אָבַל ('āḇal),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men of them,[fn] and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night,[fn] neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall sit on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - “For this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
For the evil of those who dwell in it
the beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - They have made it a desolation;
desolate, it mourns to me.
The whole land is made desolate,
but no man lays it to heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah mourns,
and her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers;
because of the curse the land mourns,
and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course is evil,
and their might is not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD determined to lay in ruins
the wall of the daughter of Zion;
he stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
he caused rampart and wall to lament;
they languished together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day the cedar[fn] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
and also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for the calf[fn] of Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and over its glory—
for it has departed[fn] from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the LORD.
The priests mourn,
the ministers of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The fields are destroyed,
the ground mourns,
because the grain is destroyed,
the wine dries up,
the oil languishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said:
“The LORD roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the top of Carmel withers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord GOD of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who dwell in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile,
and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
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