אֵבֶל
ʼêbel · ay'-bel
lamentation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H56 (אָבַל);
lamentation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mourning.
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 אֵבֶל 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of mourning3 · 13%
- mourning2 · 8%
- and mourning2 · 8%
- into mourning2 · 8%
- a mourning1 · 4%
- the mourning1 · 4%
- and when the mourning1 · 4%
- now mourning1 · 4%
- was turned into mourning1 · 4%
- and from mourning1 · 4%
- also is turned to mourning1 · 4%
- of thy mourning1 · 4%
- for mourning1 · 4%
- thee mourning1 · 4%
- themselves for them in mourning1 · 4%
- their mourning1 · 4%
- no mourning1 · 4%
- to mourning1 · 4%
- it as the mourning1 · 4%
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.