Strong's Lexicon

H56

H56 — אָבַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewabalverbOccurrences: 39

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H56
Word:	אָבַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	39
Transliteration:	abal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-bal'
Meaning:	1. to bewail
KJV Renderings:	lament, mourn.

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I. אָבַל₃₉ verb mourn (Assyrian [abâlu] see Dl^w ) —

Qal Perfect אָבַל Isa 24:7 + 2 t. etc. Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hos 4:3 + 3 t. — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1:9; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isa 19:8 (|| אנה) compare Job 14:22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hos 10:5 more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1Sam 3:26 land 1Sam 24:4; 1Sam 33:9; Hos 4:3; Joel 1:10; Jer 4:28 (followed by על) Jer 12:4; Jer 23:10 compare Jer 12:11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jer 14:2 pastures Amos 1:2.

Hithpa`el — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1Sam 15:35 Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:27 וַיִּתְאַבֵּל Gen 37:34 + 3 t. etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2Sam 14:2 Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1Sam 16:1 + 2 t. etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על Gen 37:34; 2Sam 13:37 ; 2Sam 14:2 ; 2Sam 19:2 || בכה 2Chr 35:24 , compare also Isa 66:10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1Chr 7:22 compare 2Sam 14:2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1Sam 15:35; 1Sam 16:1 over sin followed by על Ezra 10:6 compare (absolute) Neh 8:9 judgment of ׳ י Exod 33:4 absolute (indicated by dress), Num 14:39; Ezek 7:27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1Sam 6:19 calamity Neh 1:4; Ezek 7:12 compare Dan 10:2 .

Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezek 31:15 Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶלֿ Lam 2:8 — cause to mourn; Ezek 31:15 absolute ᵑ0 , but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Lam 2:8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אבל (ah-val’)

Jeremiah 12:11

KJV: They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

EHCC: (being) desolate it mourneth unto me;

Jeremiah 14:2

KJV: Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

EHCC: Judah mourneth, and the gatss

Jeremiah 23:10

KJV: For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.swearing: or, cursingcourse: or, violence

EHCC: because of swearing the land mourneth ;

Hosea 10:5

KJV: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.the priests…: or, Chemarim

EHCC: for the people thereof shall mourn over it,

Joel 1:9

KJV: The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

EHCC: the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn.

Joel 8:8

EHCC: and Oh mourn that dwelleth

Joel 9:5

EHCC: and all that dwell therein shall mourn:

Job 14:22

KJV: But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

EHCC: his soul within him shall mourn.

Jeremiah 4:28

KJV: For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

EHCC: For this shall the earth mourn,

Jeremiah 12:4

KJV: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

EHCC: How long shall the land moura,

Hosea 4:3

KJV: Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

EHCC: Therefore shail the land mourn,

Lamentations 2:8

KJV: The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.destroying: Heb. swallowing up

EHCC: he made the rampart and the wall

Genesis 37:34

KJV: And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

EHCC: and mourned for his son many days.

Exodus 33:4

KJV: And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

EHCC: beard these evil tidings, they mourned

Numbers 14:39

KJV: And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

EHCC: aad the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 19:1

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

EHCC: (3). the king weepeth and mourneth

Numbers 386:16

EHCC: 1. How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,

2 Chronicles 35:24

KJV: His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.in one…: or, among the sepulchres

EHCC: all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for

Daniel 10:2

KJV: In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.full…: Heb. weeks of days

EHCC: 1 Daniel was mourneng three fill weeks.