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sa.phad H5594

סָפַד (sa.phad) means “to mourn” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

סָפַד Hebrew · H5594 30 tagged occurrences in 29 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-fad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5594

סָפַד · sa.phad · to mourn

1) to wail, lament, mourn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wail, lament 1a2) wailers (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail

KJV glosses: lament, mourn(-er), wail.

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How translators render H5594

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
mourn 5
to mourn 4
and lament 2
and mourn 2
be mourned 2
mourned 2
will mourn 2
and mourned 1
and mourners 1
and they lamented 1
beat 1
had mourned 1
i will lament 1
she mourned 1
they lamented 1
they mourned 1
they will mourn 1
to mourn for him 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
lament 3
to mourn 3
and they mourned 2
shall mourn 2
they shall not be lamented 2
they shall not lament 2
and lamented 1
and mourn 1
and mourned 1
and the mourners 1
and there they mourned 1
for him as one mourneth 1
for thee and they will lament 1
had lamented 1
mourned 1
she mourned 1
therefore i will wail 1
they shall lament 1
to lament 1
ye shall not mourn 1
yet neither shalt thou mourn 1
yourselves and lament 1

Verses containing H5594

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  1. Genesis 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

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  2. Genesis 50:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

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  3. 1 Samuel 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

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  4. 1 Samuel 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

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  5. 2 Samuel 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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  6. 2 Samuel 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

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  7. 2 Samuel 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

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  8. 1 Kings 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

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  9. 1 Kings 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

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  10. 1 Kings 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

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  11. 1 Kings 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

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  12. Ecclesiastes 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

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  13. Ecclesiastes 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

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  14. Isaiah 32:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

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  15. Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

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  16. Jeremiah 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”

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  17. Jeremiah 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.

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  18. Jeremiah 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

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  19. Jeremiah 22:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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  20. Jeremiah 25:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

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  21. Jeremiah 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

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  22. Jeremiah 49:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

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  23. Ezekiel 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

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  24. Ezekiel 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

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  25. Joel 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

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  26. Micah 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

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  27. Zechariah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

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  28. Zechariah 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  29. Zechariah 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,

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