אָבַל
ʼâbal · aw-bal'
to bewail
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to bewail
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lament, mourn.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָבַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mourn6 · 15%
- mourneth6 · 15%
- mourned5 · 13%
- and mourned2 · 5%
- shall mourn2 · 5%
- they mourned1 · 3%
- lamented1 · 3%
- how long wilt thou mourn1 · 3%
- and david mourned1 · 3%
- unto her, i pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner1 · 3%
- and mourneth1 · 3%
- for he mourned1 · 3%
- within him shall mourn1 · 3%
- and mourn1 · 3%
- shall lament1 · 3%
- with her, all ye that mourn1 · 3%
- it mourneth1 · 3%
- to lament1 · 3%
- i caused a mourning1 · 3%
- was mourning1 · 3%
- thereof shall mourn1 · 3%
- for this, and every one mourn1 · 3%
- therein shall mourn1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.