Judges 11:40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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Lament
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Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
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7 occurrences in 6 verses.
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סָפַד
çâphad · saw-fad'
9 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Strong's KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 32:12Strong's last: Joel 1:13
Open full H5594 profile →קוּן
qûwn · koon
4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
Strong's KJV usage: lament, mourning woman.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 27:32Strong's last: Ezekiel 32:16
Open full H6969 profile →אָבַל
ʼâbal · aw-bal'
2 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences
to bewail
Strong's KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 19:8Strong's last: Lamentations 2:8
Open full H56 profile →θρηνέω
thrēnéō · thray-neh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to bewail
Strong's KJV usage: :--lament, mourn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 16:20Strong's last: John 16:20
Open full G2354 profile →κόπτω
kóptō · kop'-to
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
Strong's KJV usage: :--cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 18:9Strong's last: Revelation 18:9
Open full G2875 profile →אָלָה
ʼâlâh · aw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to bewail
Strong's KJV usage: lament.
Strong's first: Joel 1:8Strong's last: Joel 1:8
Open full H421 profile →אָנָה
ʼânâh · aw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to groan
Strong's KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 3:26Strong's last: Isaiah 3:26
Open full H578 profile →נָהָה
nâhâh · naw-haw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)
Strong's KJV usage: lament, wail.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Micah 2:4Strong's last: Micah 2:4
Open full H5091 profile →תָּנָה
tânâh · taw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to ascribe (praise), i.e. celebrate, commemorate
Strong's KJV usage: lament, rehearse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 11:40Strong's last: Judges 11:40
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H5594
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
H5594
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
H5594
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
H5594
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
H5594
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
H5594
But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
H5594
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
English meaning and historical usage.
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lament
LAMENT', verb intransitive [Latin lamentor.]
1. To mourn; to grieve; to weep or wail; to express sorrow.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35:25.
2. To regret deeply; to feel sorrow.
LAMENT', verb transitive To bewail; to mourn for; to bemoan; to deplore.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
LAMENT', noun [Latin lamentum.] Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament and furious rage.
[This noun is used chiefly or solely in poetry.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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