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Lexicon :: Strong's H60 - 'ēḇel

Aa
אֵבֶל
Transliteration
'ēḇel
Pronunciation
ay'-bel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 6a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵבֶל ʼêbel, ay'-bel; from H56; lamentation:—mourning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H60 in the following manner: mourning (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H60 in the following manner: mourning (24x).

  1. mourning

    1. for the dead

    2. for rites of mourning (metaph)

    3. mourning garb

    4. period of mourning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵבֶל ʼêbel, ay'-bel; from H56; lamentation:—mourning.
STRONGS H60: Abbreviations
† אֵ֫בֶל noun masculineGenesis 50:11 mourning — absolute Genesis 50:10 + 17 times; construct Genesis 27:41 + 3 times; אֶבְלֵךְ Isaiah 60:20; אֶבְלָם Jeremiah 31:13 — for dead, construct Genesis 27:41; Deuteronomy 34:8 (|| בּכי) so יָחִיד א׳ simile for grievous mourning Amos 8:10, id. metaphor Jeremiah 6:26 (|| תַּמְרוּרִים מִסְפַּד); Genesis 50:11 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 16:7 compare 2 Samuel 19:3 עשה א׳ Ezekiel 24:17 (see Co) followed by לְ Genesis 50:10 (see also II. אָבֵל near the end); for calamity, Esther 4:3; Esther 9:22 (|| יָגוֺן; contracted יוֺם טוֺב) Job 30:31 (|| קול בכים Isaiah 60:20; Isaiah 61:3 (where apparently = mourning garb, followed by מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה, see also Bi Che on text.; || רוּחַ כֵּהָה; contracted שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֺן); Jeremiah 31:13 (|| שׂשׂון), Lamentations 5:15 (|| מָחוֺל), Amos 5:16 (|| מִסְפֵּד); compare כִּבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה א׳ Micah 1:8; = time, period of mourning 2 Samuel 11:7; בֵּית א׳ Ecclesiastes 7:2 (|| בּ׳ מִשְׁתֶּה, Ecclesiastes 7:4 (|| שִׂמְחָה בּ׳); בִּגְדֵי א׳ garments of mourning 2 Samuel 14:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:41; 27:41; 50:10; 50:10; 50:11; 50:11

Deuteronomy

34:8

2 Samuel

11:7; 14:2; 19:3

Esther

4:3; 9:22

Job

30:31

Ecclesiastes

7:2; 7:4

Isaiah

60:20; 60:20; 61:3

Jeremiah

6:26; 16:7; 31:13; 31:13

Lamentations

5:15

Ezekiel

24:17

Amos

5:16; 8:10

Micah

1:8

H60

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H60 matches the Hebrew אֵבֶל ('ēḇel),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

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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 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.
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