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מִסְפֵּד H4553
H4553 is the Hebrew word מִסְפֵּד, transliterated miçpêd and said mis-pade'. The King James Version most often renders it mourning.
What it means
a lamentation.
Where it comes from
from H5594 (סָפַד).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: lamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing.
Verses using מִסְפֵּד
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 50:10 · KJV
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Esther 4:3 · KJV
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Psalm 30:11 · KJV
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Isaiah 22:12 · KJV
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Jeremiah 6:26 · KJV
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah 48:38 · KJV
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
Amos 5:16 · KJV
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos 5:17 · KJV
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
Micah 1:8 · KJV
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Micah 1:11 · KJV
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Zechariah 12:10 · KJV
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah 12:11 · KJV
In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4553 mean?
H4553 is the Hebrew word מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd), meaning a lamentation.
How is H4553 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it mourning (5 times), lamentation (3 times), wailing (3 times), thus wailing (1 time), mourn (1 time).
How many times does H4553 appear in the Bible?
מִסְפֵּד (miçpêd) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4553 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5594 (סָפַד).
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