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קִינָה H7015
H7015 is the Hebrew word קִינָה, transliterated qîynâh and said kee-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it lamentation.
What it means
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments).
Where it comes from
from H6969 (קוּן).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: lamentation.
Verses using קִינָה
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
2 Samuel 1:17 · KJV
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Chronicles 35:25 · KJV
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Jeremiah 7:29 · KJV
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Jeremiah 9:10 · KJV
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Ezekiel 2:10 · KJV
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ezekiel 19:1 · KJV
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel 19:14 · KJV
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel 26:17 · KJV
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Ezekiel 27:2 · KJV
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
Ezekiel 27:32 · KJV
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 28:12 · KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 32:2 · KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Ezekiel 32:16 · KJV
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos 5:1 · KJV
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Amos 8:10 · KJV
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7015 mean?
H7015 is the Hebrew word קִינָה (qîynâh), meaning a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments).
How is H7015 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it lamentation (12 times), lamentations (2 times), therein lamentations (1 time), against you even a lamentation (1 time).
How many times does H7015 appear in the Bible?
קִינָה (qîynâh) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7015 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6969 (קוּן).
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