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Strong's #56 - אָבַל

Transliteration

ʼâbal

Phonetics

aw-bal'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to mourn, lament
1. (Qal) to mourn, lament
  1. of humans
  2. of inanimate objects (figuratively)
    1. of gates
    2. of land
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to mourn, cause to mourn (figuratively)
3. (Hithpael)
  1. to mourn
  2. play the mourner

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2400 ‑ ἰδού (id‑oo'); 4133 ‑ πλήν (plane); 4727 ‑ στενάζω (sten‑ad'‑zo); 2354 ‑ θρηνέω (thray‑neh'‑o); 3996 ‑ πενθέω (pen‑theh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (38)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

BSB (39)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

CSB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

ESV (38)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

KJV (39)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

LEB (39)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

LSB (43)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

N95 (42)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

NAS (45)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (39)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Hosea 2

Joel 2

Amos 3

ASV (38)

and mourn 1

and mourned 2

and mourneth 1

for he mourned 1

for this, and every one mourn 1

how long wilt thou mourn 1

i caused a mourning 1

it mourneth 1

mourn 6

mourned 6

mourneth 6

shall mourn 3

therein shall mourn 1

thereof shall mourn 1

they mourned 1

to lament 1

unto her, i pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner 1

was mourning 1

with her, all ye that mourn over her 1

within him mourneth 1

BSB (39)

and mourn 1

and mourned 1

and mourning 1

and mourns 1

and the people mourned 1

are in mourning 1

but david mourned 1

dries up 1

going to mourn 1

he was mourning 1

i caused grief 1

i mourned 1

it mourns 1

lament 1

mourn 6

mourned 4

mourning 1

mourns 6

pretend to be a mourner 1

they went into mourning 1

who has mourned 1

who mourn 1

will lament 1

will mourn 3

CSB (33)

grieves 1

grieving 1

it mourn 2

mourn 5

mourned 8

mourning 5

mourns 7

will lament 1

will mourn 3

ESV (38)

caused mourning 1

grieve 1

grieved 1

lament 2

mourn 11

mourned 8

mourneth 1

mourning 4

mourns 9

KJV (39)

lament 2

lamented 1

mourn 15

mourned 10

mourner 1

mourneth 8

mourning 2

LEB (39)

and he mourned 1

and mourn 1

and mourned 2

and they mourned 1

david mourned 1

dries up 2

he was mourning 1

i caused mourning 1

in it mourn 2

in mourning 1

it mourns 1

mourn 5

mourned 5

mourns 6

pretend to mourn 1

those who mourn 1

to mourn 1

who has been mourning 1

will lament 1

will mourn 3

wither 1

LSB (43)

caused 1

grieved 1

grieving 1

into 1

mourn 14

mourned 7

mourner 1

mourning 5

mourns 10

pretend 1

went 1

N95 (42)

caused 1

grieve 1

grieved 1

lament 1

lamentations 1

mourn 13

mourned 7

mourner 1

mourning 4

mourns 10

pretend 1

went 1

NAS (45)

caused 1

dries 1

follow 1

into 1

mourn 15

mourned 8

mourning 6

mourns 9

rites 1

up 1

went 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (39)

and mourn 1

and mourned 2

and mourns 1

david mourned 1

for he mourned 1

how long will you mourn 1

i caused a mourning 1

in it will mourn 1

inside him mourns 1

it mourns 1

mourn 3

mourned 5

mourns 6

shall mourn 1

they mourned 1

to lament 1

was mourning 1

who has mourned 1

will mourn 5

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1035) l b (בל BL) AC: Flow CO: ? AB: Nothing: A flowing of any substance. (eng: ball; bowl; flow - with the exchange of the f for a b)

A) l b (בל BL) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Nothing: To come to nothing when effort is given.

N^m) l b (בל BL) - Nothing: KJV (9): none, not, nor, lest, nothing, not, neither, no - Strongs: H1077 (בַּל)

e^f4) t i l i b (בילית BYLYT) - Except: A flowing away of all except one. Can also mean not or nothing in the sense of all things flowing away. [df: ytlb] KJV (30): but, except, save, nothing, lest, no, from, inasmuch - Strongs: H1115 (בִּלְתִּי)

f^m ) i l b (בלי BLY) - Without: KJV (15): not, without, lack, confusion - Strongs: H1097 (בְּלִי), H1099 (בְּלִימָה)

i^f) l b t (תבל TBL) - I. Earth:A land flowing with substance. II. Confusion:An action that lacks any results. [Used in the sense of beastiality] KJV (38): world, habitable part, confusion - Strongs: H8397 (תֶּבֶל), H8398 (בֵּבֵל)

i^f4) t i l b t (תבלית TBLYT) - Ruin: A complete flowing away of something by destruction. KJV (1): destruction - Strongs: H8399 (תַּבְלִית)

q^m) f l b (בלו BLW) - Tribute: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (3): tribute - Strongs: H1093 (בְּלוֹ)

B) l l b (בלל BLL) AC: Mix CO: Fodder AB: ?: A flowing or mixing of a liquid or solid.

V) l l b (בלל BLL) - Mix: KJV (44): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) mingle, confound, anoint, mix - Strongs: H1101 (בָּלַל)

b^m) l i l b (בליל BLYL) - Fodder: A mixed feed for livestock. KJV (3): fodder, corn, provender - Strongs: H1098 (בְּלִיל)

id^m) l f l b t (תבלול TBLWL) - Cataract: The clouding color of the eyes that appear as a mixture. KJV (1): blemish - Strongs: H8400 (תְּבַלֻּל)

C) l b a (אבל ABL) AC: Flow CO: Stream AB: ?: A flowing of tears.

V) l b a (אבל ABL) - Mourn: KJV (39): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael) mourn, mourner, lament - Strongs: H56 (אָבַל)

N^f) l b a (אבל ABL) - I. Meadow:A moist ground. II. Mourning:A flowing of tears. III. Surely:A flowing of certainty. KJV (44): mourning, plain, but, nevertheless - Strongs: H57 (אָבֵל), H58 (אָבֵל), H60 (אֵבֶל), H61 (אֲבָל)

o^m) l b f a (אובל AWBL) - Stream: A flowing of water. KJV (3): river - Strongs: H180 (אֻבָל)

E) a l b (בלא BLA) AC: ? CO: Old AB: ?: A flowing away life.

N^m) a l b (בלא BLA) - Old: [df: ywlb] KJV (3): old - Strongs: H1094 (בְּלוֹא)

F) l b e (הבל HBL) AC: ? CO: Empty AB: ?: A flowing out or away of contents.

V) l b e (הבל HBL) - Empty: Void of usefulness, to be vain. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) become vain - Strongs: H1891 (הָבַל)

N^m) l b e (הבל HBL) - Emptyness: The state of being empty of contents or usefulness. KJV (73): vanity - Strongs: H1892 (הֲבֵל)

G) l e b (בהל BHL) AC: Stir CO: ? AB: Trouble: The flowing of the insides through trouble, amazement, haste or anxiety.

V) l e b (בהל BHL) - Stir: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (50): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel) haste, trouble, amaze, afraid, vex, rash, dismay, speedy, thrust out - Strongs: H926 (בָּהַל), H927 (בְּהַל)

N^f1) e l e b (בהלה BHLH) - Trouble: KJV (4): trouble, terror - Strongs: H928 (בֶּהָלָה)

b^m) l i e b (בהיל BHYL) - Haste: [Aramaic only] [df: wlyhb] KJV (1): haste - Strongs: H924 (בְּהִילוּ)

H) e l b (בלה BLH) AC: Wear CO: ? AB: Terror: A flowing away of function, life or strength.

V) e l b (בלה BLH) - Wear Out: KJV (17): (vf: Paal, Piel) waxed old, old, consume, waste, enjoy - Strongs: H1086 (בָּלָה), H1089 (בָּלַהּ)

N^m) e l b (בלה BLH) - Worn Out: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (6): old, wear out - Strongs: H1080 (בְּלָה), H1087 (בָּלֶה)

N^f1) e e l b (בלהה BLHH) - Terror: A flowing away of the insides. KJV (10): terror - Strongs: H1091 (בַּלָּהָה)

J) l f b (בול BWL) AC: ? CO: Flood AB: ?: A large flowing of water. As the river rises and overflows its banks, the surrounding lands are flooded depositing the water for growing the crops.

N^m) l f b (בול BWL) - Food: The crops grown in the flood plains of rivers. KJV (2): food, stock - Strongs: H944 (בּוּל)

a^m) l f b m (מבול MBWL) - Flood: KJV (13): flood - Strongs: H3999 (מַבּוּל)

L) l b i (יבל YBL) AC: Flow CO: Stream AB: ?: A flowing of wealth, water or sound.

V) l b i (יבל YBL) - Flow: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (21): (vf: Hiphil, Hophal) carry, brought - Strongs: H2986 (יָבַל), H2987 (יְבַל)

N^m) l b i (יבל YBL) - Stream: A flowing body of water. KJV (2): stream, course - Strongs: H2988 (יָבָל)

N^f2) t l b i (יבלת YBLT) - Ulcer: A flowing lesion. KJV (1): wen - Strongs: H2990 (יַבֶּלֶת)

d^m) l f b i (יבול YBWL) - Produce: The growth of fruits and crops from flooding waters. KJV (13): increase, fruit - Strongs: H2981 (יְבוּל)

g^m) l b f i (יובל YWBL) - Trumpet: An instrument of flowing air to make a sound, also the horn of a ram used as a trumpet. KJV (27): jubilee, rams horn, trumpet - Strongs: H3104 (יֹבֵל)

o^m) l b f i (יובל YWBL) - Stream: A flowing body of water. KJV (1): river - Strongs: H3105 (יוּבַל)

Adopted Roots:

A2020 O l b (Swallow)
A2021 Q l b (Empty)
A2228 L b u (Dip)
A2369 L b n (Flow)
A2806 L b s (Flow, Flood)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. אָבַל₃₉ verb mourn (Assyrian [ abâlu] see Dl^w) —

Qal Perfect אָבַל Isaiah 24:7 2t. etc. Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hosea 4:3 3t. — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1:9; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:8 ("" אנה) compare Job 14:22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hosea 10:5; more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1 Samuel 3:26; land 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 33:9; Hosea 4:3; Joel 1:10; Jeremiah 4:28 (followed by על) Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 23:10; compare Jeremiah 12:11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jeremiah 14:2; pastures Amos 1:2.

Hithpa`el — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 15:35; Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezekiel 7:12,27; וַיִּתְאַבֵּל Genesis 37:34 3t. etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2 Samuel 14:2; Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 16:1 2t. etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2 "" בכה 2 Chronicles 35:24, compare also Isaiah 66:10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1 Chronicles 7:22; compare 2 Samuel 14:2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 16:1; over sin followed by על Ezra 10:6 compare (absolute) Nehemiah 8:9; judgment of ׳י Exodus 33:4 absolute (indicated by dress), Numbers 14:39; Ezekiel 7:27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1 Samuel 6:19; calamity Nehemiah 1:4; Ezekiel 7:12 compare Daniel 10:2.

Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezekiel 31:15; Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶלֿ Lamentations 2:8; — cause to mourn; Ezekiel 31:15 absolute ᵑ0, but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Lamentations 2:8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָבַל fut. יֶאֱבַל to mourn, followed by עַלּ, Hosea 10:5; Amos 8:8. Arab., Syr. id. The proper signification appears to be, to be languid, to walk with the head cast down (compare the kindred roots אָפַל, אָמַל, also בָּלָה, נָבַל, נָפַל, all of which are from the bi-literal stock, bal, fal, having the sense of falling, comp. σφάλλω, fallo, Germ. fallen), as done by mourners; but it is transferred from the dress and manner of mourners to the voice, and to lamentation (see אֵבֶל ). Poet. used of inanimate things; Amos 1:2, אָֽבְלוּ נְאוֹת ־ הָרֹעִים “the pastures of the shepherds mourn;” Isaiah 24:4, Isaiah 24:7, אָבַל תִּירוֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה גָפֶ֑ן “the new wine mourneth (i.e. the clusters mourn), the vine languisheth;” 33:9.

Hiphil הֶאֱבִיל to cause to mourn, to make to lament, Ezekiel 31:15 used of inanimate things, Lamentations 2:8.

Hithpael, prop. to act as a mourner, hence, to mourn, i.q. Kal, especially in prose, while Kal is appropriated to poetic diction, Genesis 37:34; Exodus 33:4 with אֶל and עַל of person, 1 Samuel 15:35; 2 Samuel 13:37. The derived nouns almost immediately follow. [אָבֵל No. I, אֵבֶל.]

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List of Word Forms

אָֽבְלוּ֙ אָבְלָ֖ה אָבְלָ֣ה אָבְלָ֤ה אָבְלָ֥ה אָבַ֤ל אָבַ֥ל אָבַ֨ל אבל אבלה אבלו הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־ הִתְאַבֵּ֥ל הֶאֱבַ֜לְתִּי הַמִּֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים האבלתי המתאבלים התאבל התאבלי־ וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ וְאָֽבְלוּ֙ וְאָבְל֖וּ וְאָבַ֖ל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֣וּ וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּ וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל וַיִּתְאַבָּ֑לוּ וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה ואבל ואבלו ואתאבלה ויאבל־ ויתאבל ויתאבלו יִתְאַבָּ֑ל יִתְאַבָּ֗ל יתאבל מִֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת מתאבל מתאבלים מתאבלת תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל תֶּאֱבָֽל׃ תאבל תאבל׃ תתאבלו ’ā·ḇal ’ā·ḇə·lāh ’ā·ḇə·lū ’āḇal ’āḇəlāh ’āḇəlū aVal aveLah aveLu ham·miṯ·’ab·bə·lîm hammiṯ’abbəlîm hammitabbeLim he’ĕḇaltî he·’ĕ·ḇal·tî heeValti hiṯ’abbêl hiṯ’abbəlî- hiṯ·’ab·bə·lî- hiṯ·’ab·bêl hitabBel hitabbeli miṯ’abbêl miṯ’abbeleṯ miṯ’abbəlîm miṯ·’ab·be·leṯ miṯ·’ab·bə·lîm miṯ·’ab·bêl mitabBel mitabBelet mitabbeLim te’ĕḇal te’ĕḇāl te·’ĕ·ḇal te·’ĕ·ḇāl teeVal tiṯ’abbəlū tiṯ·’ab·bə·lū titabbeLu vaetabbeLah vaiyaavel vaiyitabBalu vaiyitabBel vaiyitabbeLu veaVal veaveLu wā’eṯ’abbəlāh wā·’eṯ·’ab·bə·lāh way·ya·’ă·ḇel- way·yiṯ·’ab·bā·lū way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·lū way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl wayya’ăḇel- wayyiṯ’abbālū wayyiṯ’abbêl wayyiṯ’abbəlū wə’āḇal wə’āḇəlū wə·’ā·ḇal wə·’ā·ḇə·lū yiṯ’abbāl yiṯ·’ab·bāl yitabBal