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אָבַל H56

H56 is the Hebrew word אָבַל, transliterated ʼâbal and said aw-bal'. The King James Version most often renders it mourned.

Word: אָבַלTransliteration: ʼâbalSaid: aw-bal'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 35 verses

What it means

to bewail.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

mourned 9×mourneth 8×mourn 8×lament 2×lamented 1×how long wilt thou mourn 1×david mourned 1×thyself to be a mourner 1×caused a mourning 1×mourning 1×thereof shall mourn 1×every one mourn 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: lament, mourn.

Verses using אָבַל

All 35 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 37:34 · KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, 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.

Numbers 14:39 · KJV

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

1 Samuel 6:19 · KJV

And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 15:35 · KJV

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 16:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Samuel 13:37 · KJV

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 14:2 · KJV

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Samuel 19:1 · KJV

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

1 Chronicles 7:22 · KJV

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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.

Ezra 10:6 · KJV

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

Nehemiah 1:4 · KJV

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Nehemiah 8:9 · KJV

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Isaiah 3:26 · KJV

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Isaiah 19:8 · KJV

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Isaiah 24:4 · KJV

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Isaiah 24:7 · KJV

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

Isaiah 33:9 · KJV

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ezekiel 7:12 · KJV

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezekiel 7:27 · KJV

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 31:15 · KJV

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

Daniel 10:2 · KJV

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

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.

Hosea 10:5 · KJV

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: 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.

Joel 1:10 · KJV

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Amos 1:2 · KJV

And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Amos 8:8 · KJV

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 · KJV

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Common questions

What does Strong's H56 mean?

H56 is the Hebrew word אָבַל (ʼâbal), meaning to bewail.

How is H56 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it mourned (9 times), mourneth (8 times), mourn (8 times), lament (2 times), lamented (1 time), among others.

How many times does H56 appear in the Bible?

אָבַל (ʼâbal) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H56 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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