The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon| Strong's Number: 56 | | | Original Word | Word Origin | | lba | a primitive root | | Transliterated Word | TDNT Entry | | 'abal | TWOT - 6 | | Phonetic Spelling | Parts of Speech | | aw-bal'
| Verb |
| | Definition | - to mourn, lament
- (Qal) to mourn, lament
- of humans
- of inanimate objects (fig.) 1a
- of gates 1a
- of land
- (Hiphil)
- to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
- (Hithpael)
- to mourn
- play the mourner
| | | | NAS Word Usage - Total: 39 | | caused lamentations 1, grieve 1, grieved 1, lament 1, mourn 13, mourned 7, mourning 3, mourns 10, pretend to be a mourner 1, went into mourning 1 | | |
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.
Bibliography Information Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'abal". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .