אָבַל (ʼâbal) — Lament

Strong's H56 is tagged on 39 words in 38 verses across 18 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 37:34 and last appears in Amos 9:5.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 38)

• Genesis 37:34 — וַיִּתְאַבֵּל — and he mourned
• Exodus 33:4 — וַיִּתְאַבָּלוּ — and they mourned
• Numbers 14:39 — וַיִּתְאַבְּלוּ — and they mourned
• 1 Samuel 6:19 — וַיִּתְאַבְּלוּ — and they mourned
• 1 Samuel 15:35 — הִתְאַבֵּל — he mourned
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — מִתְאַבֵּל — mourning
• 2 Samuel 13:37 — וַיִּתְאַבֵּל — and he mourned
• 2 Samuel 14:2 — הִתְאַבְּלִי — play the mourner
• 2 Samuel 19:1 — וַיִּתְאַבֵּל — and he mourned
• 1 Chronicles 7:22 — וַיִּתְאַבֵּל — and he mourned
• 2 Chronicles 35:24 — מִתְאַבְּלִים — were mourning
• Ezra 10:6 — מִתְאַבֵּל — he was mourning
• Nehemiah 1:4 — וָאֶתְאַבְּלָה — and I mourned
• Nehemiah 8:9 — תִּתְאַבְּלוּ — you mourn
• Job 14:22 — תֶּאֱבָל פ — it mourns
• Isaiah 3:26 — וְאָבְלוּ — and they will mourn
• Isaiah 19:8 — וְאָבְלוּ — and they will mourn
• Isaiah 24:4 — אָבְלָה — it has dried up
• Isaiah 24:7 — אָבַל — it has dried up
• Isaiah 33:9 — אָבַל — it has dried up
• Isaiah 66:10 — הַמִּתְאַבְּלִים — those who mourn
• Jeremiah 4:28 — תֶּאֱבַל — it will mourn
• Jeremiah 12:4 — תֶּאֱבַל — will it dry up
• Jeremiah 12:11 — אָבְלָה — it is in mourning
• Jeremiah 14:2 — אָבְלָה — it is in mourning

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H57 אָבֵל (ʼâbêl), H60 אֵבֶל (ʼêbel), H61 אֲבָל (ʼăbâl), H179 אוֹבִיל (ʼôwbîyl).

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