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.
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אָבֵל
H57 · ʼâbêl · aw-bale' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
lamenting
KJV usage
mourn(-er, -ing).
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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.