Strong's Lexicon

H57

H57 — אָבֵל

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

HebrewabeladjectiveOccurrences: 8TWOT: 6b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H57
Word:	אָבֵל
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from H56
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	abel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-bale'
Meaning:	1. lamenting
KJV Renderings:	mourn(-er, -ing).

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I. אָבֵל adjective mourning — ׳ א Gen 37:35; Esth 6:12 construct אֲבֶלֿ Ps 35:14 אֲבֵלִים Job 29:25; Isa 61:2 etc.; — for dead Gen 37:35 , calamity Esth 6:12, compare figurative Lam 1:4 (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive mourner ; singular Ps 35:14 (construct) for dead (|| קדר); plural Job 29:25 absolute; for calamity Isa 57:18; Isa 61:2; Isa 61:3 (where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אבל (ah-vehl’)

Genesis 37:35

KJV: And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

EHCC: into the grave unto my son mourning.

Esther 6:12

KJV: And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

EHCC: Haman hasted to his house mourning,

Job 29:25

KJV: I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

EHCC: a8 one (that) comforteth the mourners.

Isaiah 57:18

KJV: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

EHCC: comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Isaiah 61:2

KJV: To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

EHCC: to comfort all that mourn ;

Lamentations 1:4

KJV: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

EHCC: The ways of Zion do mourn,

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