אָבֵל
ʼâbêl · aw-bale'
lamenting
Lexicon
Derivation: from H56 (אָבַל);
lamenting
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mourn(-er, -ing).
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 אָבֵל 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mourning2 · 25%
- the mourners1 · 13%
- as one that mourneth1 · 13%
- unto him and to his mourners1 · 13%
- all that mourn1 · 13%
- unto them that mourn1 · 13%
- do mourn1 · 13%
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.