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Lexicon :: Strong's H56 - 'āḇal

Aa
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

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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 BoxGen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great weeping for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - This is what the Lord has said: The day when he goes down to the underworld, I will make the deep full of grief for him; I will keep back her streams and the great waters will be stopped: I will make Lebanon dark for him, and all the trees of the field will be feeble because of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's servants, are sorrowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;
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