TBESH · H0060
אֵ֫בֶל · e.vel · mourning
1) mourning 1a) for the dead 1b) for rites of mourning (metaph) 1c) mourning garb 1d) period of mourning
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אֵ֫בֶל (e.vel) means “mourning” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ay'-bel Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֵ֫בֶל · e.vel · mourning
1) mourning 1a) for the dead 1b) for rites of mourning (metaph) 1c) mourning garb 1d) period of mourning
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from H56 (אָבַל); lamentation
KJV glosses: mourning.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| mourn | 3 |
| of mourning | 3 |
| into mourning | 2 |
| mourning | 2 |
| to mourning | 2 |
| a time of mourning | 1 |
| and mourn | 1 |
| and mourning | 1 |
| and their mourning | 1 |
| and when the time of mourning | 1 |
| ceremony of mourning | 1 |
| for mourning | 1 |
| of your sorrow | 1 |
| the mourning | 1 |
| their mourning | 1 |
| those who mourn | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| into mourning | 3 |
| mourning | 3 |
| of mourning | 3 |
| to mourning | 2 |
| a mourning | 1 |
| and from mourning | 1 |
| and mourning | 1 |
| and when the mourning | 1 |
| for mourning | 1 |
| for them in mourning | 1 |
| it as the mourning | 1 |
| no mourning | 1 |
| now mourning | 1 |
| of thy mourning | 1 |
| the mourning | 1 |
| thee mourning | 1 |
| their mourning | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordWhen the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
Read word by wordThe Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Read word by wordAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
Read word by wordAnd that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.3
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Read word by wordas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read word by wordMy harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
Read word by wordIt is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
Read word by wordThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Read word by wordYour sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Read word by wordto console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Read word by wordO daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Read word by wordNo food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
Read word by wordThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Read word by wordJoy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Read word by wordGroan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
Read word by wordI will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read word by wordBecause 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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