Strong's Hebrew #56 - אָבַל abal (to mourn)

lament, mourn

A primitive root; to bewail -- lament, mourn.

1) to mourn, lament
1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament
1a1) of humans
1a2) of inanimate objects (figuratively)
1a2a) of gates
1a2b) of land
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (figuratively)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to mourn
1c2) play the mourner
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 6

I. אָבַל₃₉ verb mourn (Assyrian [abâlu] see Dl^w) —

Qal Perfect אָבַל Isaiah 24:7 2t. etc. Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hosea 4:3 3t. — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1:9; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:8 ("" אנה) compare Job 14:22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hosea 10:5; more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1 Samuel 3:26; land 1 Samuel 24:4; 1Sam 33:9; Hosea 4:3; Joel 1:10; Jeremiah 4:28 (followed by על) Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 23:10; compare Jeremiah 12:11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jeremiah 14:2; pastures Amos 1:2.

Hithpa`el — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 15:35; Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezekiel 7:12,27; וַיִּתְאַבֵּל Genesis 37:34 3t. etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2 Samuel 14:2; Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1 Samuel 16:1 2t. etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2 "" בכה2Chronicles 35:24, compare also Isaiah 66:10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1 Chronicles 7:22; compare 2 Samuel 14:2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 16:1; over sin followed by על Ezra 10:6 compare (absolute) Nehemiah 8:9; judgment of ׳י Exodus 33:4 absolute (indicated by dress), Numbers 14:39; Ezekiel 7:27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1 Samuel 6:19; calamity Nehemiah 1:4; Ezekiel 7:12 compare Daniel 10:2.

Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezekiel 31:15; Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶלֿ Lamentations 2:8; — cause to mourn; Ezekiel 31:15 absolute ᵑ0, but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Lamentations 2:8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).

Strong's Hebrew: 56. אָבַל (abal) — 39 Occurrences

Genesis 37:34
HEB: שַׂ֖ק בְּמָתְנָ֑יו וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל עַל־ בְּנ֖וֹ
NAS: on his loins and mourned for his son
KJV: upon his loins, and mourned for his son
INT: sackcloth his loins and mourned for his son

Exodus 33:4
HEB: הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה וַיִּתְאַבָּ֑לוּ וְלֹא־ שָׁ֛תוּ
NAS: word, they went into mourning, and none
KJV: tidings, they mourned: and no man
INT: sad this went not put

Numbers 14:39
HEB: בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃
NAS: of Israel, the people mourned greatly.
KJV: and the people mourned greatly.
INT: the sons of Israel mourned the people greatly

1 Samuel 6:19
HEB: אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֣וּ הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־
NAS: and the people mourned because
KJV: and the people lamented, because the LORD
INT: thousand men mourned the people because

1 Samuel 15:35
HEB: מוֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־ הִתְאַבֵּ֥ל שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל־
NAS: for Samuel grieved over
KJV: Samuel mourned for Saul:
INT: of his death nevertheless grieved Samuel over

1 Samuel 16:1
HEB: מָתַי֙ אַתָּה֙ מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל אֶל־ שָׁא֔וּל
NAS: How long will you grieve over Saul,
KJV: unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
INT: How will you grieve over Saul

2 Samuel 13:37
HEB: מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל עַל־ בְּנ֖וֹ
NAS: of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son
KJV: of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son
INT: the king of Geshur and mourned for his son

2 Samuel 14:2
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־ נָ֞א וְלִבְשִׁי־
NAS: to her, Please pretend to be a mourner,
KJV: and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on
INT: and said about pretend to her Please and put

2 Samuel 14:2
HEB: יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת עַל־ מֵֽת׃
NAS: pretend to be a mourner, and put
KJV: time mourned for the dead:
INT: days many mourner for the dead

2 Samuel 19:1
HEB: הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ בֹּכֶ֛ה וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל עַל־ אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃
NAS: is weeping and mourns for Absalom.
KJV: weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
INT: the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom

1 Chronicles 7:22
HEB: וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
NAS: Ephraim mourned many
KJV: their father mourned many
INT: mourned Ephraim their father

2 Chronicles 35:24
HEB: יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים עַל־ יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃
NAS: and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
KJV: and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
INT: Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah

Ezra 10:6
HEB: שָׁתָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל עַל־ מַ֥עַל
NAS: water, for he was mourning over
KJV: water: for he mourned because of the transgression
INT: drink for was mourning over the unfaithfulness

Nehemiah 1:4
HEB: יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה יָמִ֑ים וָֽאֱהִ֥י
NAS: and wept and mourned for days;
KJV: and wept, and mourned [certain] days,
INT: sat and wept and mourned days become

Nehemiah 8:9
HEB: אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם אַל־ תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ וְאַל־ תִּבְכּ֑וּ
NAS: your God; do not mourn or weep.
KJV: your God; mourn not, nor weep.
INT: your God not mourn not weep

Job 14:22
HEB: וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃ פ
NAS: pains him, And he mourns only for himself.
KJV: and his soul within him shall mourn.
INT: himself and he mourns

Isaiah 3:26
HEB: וְאָנ֥וּ וְאָבְל֖וּ פְּתָחֶ֑יהָ וְנִקָּ֖תָה
NAS: will lament and mourn, And deserted
KJV: shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate
INT: will lament and mourn gates and deserted

Isaiah 19:8
HEB: וְאָנוּ֙ הַדַּיָּגִ֔ים וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל־ מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י
NAS: into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread
KJV: into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread
INT: will lament the fishers will mourn and all cast

Isaiah 24:4
HEB: אָבְלָ֤ה נָֽבְלָה֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ
NAS: The earth mourns [and] withers,
KJV: The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away,
INT: mourns withers the earth

Isaiah 24:7
HEB: אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־
NAS: The new wine mourns, The vine decays,
KJV: The new wine mourneth, the vine
INT: mourns the new decays

Isaiah 33:9
HEB: אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ
NAS: The land mourns [and] pines away,
KJV: The earth mourneth [and] languisheth:
INT: mourns pines the land

Isaiah 66:10
HEB: מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ כָּל־ הַמִּֽתְאַבְּלִ֖ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: with her, all you who mourn over
KJV: for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
INT: her be exceedingly her all mourn over

Jeremiah 4:28
HEB: עַל־ זֹאת֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְקָדְר֥וּ
NAS: the earth shall mourn And the heavens
KJV: For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens
INT: and likewise shall mourn the earth be dark

Jeremiah 12:4
HEB: עַד־ מָתַי֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעֵ֥שֶׂב
NAS: is the land to mourn And the vegetation
KJV: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs
INT: against How to mourn is the land and the vegetation

Jeremiah 12:11
HEB: שָׂמָהּ֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה
NAS: Desolate, it mourns before
KJV: [and being] desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land
INT: has been made Desolate mourns before A desolation

Jeremiah 14:2
HEB: אָבְלָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ
NAS: Judah mourns And her gates languish;
KJV: Judah mourneth, and the gates
INT: mourns Judah gates

Jeremiah 23:10
HEB: מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ
NAS: For the land mourns because
KJV: the land mourneth; the pleasant places
INT: because of the curse mourns the land have dried

Lamentations 2:8
HEB: יָד֖וֹ מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ חֵ֥ל וְחוֹמָ֖ה
NAS: and wall to lament; They have languished
KJV: and the wall to lament; they languished
INT: his hand destroying to lament rampart and wall

Ezekiel 7:12
HEB: וְהַמּוֹכֵ֖ר אַל־ יִתְאַבָּ֑ל כִּ֥י חָר֖וֹן
NAS: the seller mourn; for wrath
KJV: nor the seller mourn: for wrath
INT: the seller nor mourn for wrath

Ezekiel 7:27
HEB: הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יִתְאַבָּ֗ל וְנָשִׂיא֙ יִלְבַּ֣שׁ
NAS: The king will mourn, the prince
KJV: The king shall mourn, and the prince
INT: the king will mourn the prince will be clothed

Ezekiel 31:15
HEB: רִדְתּ֤וֹ שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙ הֶאֱבַ֜לְתִּי כִּסֵּ֤תִי עָלָיו֙
NAS: to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed
KJV: to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered
INT: went to Sheol caused closed over

Daniel 10:2
HEB: דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ הָיִ֣יתִי מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה שָׁבֻעִ֖ים
NAS: had been mourning for three
KJV: I Daniel was mourning three
INT: Daniel had been mourning three weeks

Hosea 4:3
HEB: עַל־ כֵּ֣ן ׀ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֻמְלַל֙
NAS: the land mourns, And everyone
KJV: Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth
INT: and after that mourns the land languishes

Hosea 10:5
HEB: שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן כִּי־ אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמּ֗וֹ
NAS: its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests
KJV: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests
INT: of Samaria Indeed will mourn over people

Joel 1:9
HEB: מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אָֽבְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י
NAS: The priests mourn, The ministers
KJV: the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
INT: the house of the LORD mourn the priests the ministers

Joel 1:10
HEB: שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י
NAS: The land mourns; For the grain
KJV: the land mourneth; for the corn
INT: is ruined the field mourns the land for

Amos 1:2
HEB: יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֑וֹ וְאָֽבְלוּ֙ נְא֣וֹת הָרֹעִ֔ים
NAS: pasture grounds mourn, And the summit
KJV: of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top
INT: utters his voice mourn pasture and the shepherds'

Amos 8:8
HEB: תִרְגַּ֣ז הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאָבַ֖ל כָּל־ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב
NAS: who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all
KJV: tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth
INT: quake the land mourn and everyone dwells

Amos 9:5
HEB: בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ וַתָּמ֔וֹג וְאָבְל֖וּ כָּל־ י֣וֹשְׁבֵי
NAS: those who dwell in it mourn, And all
KJV: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up
INT: the land melts mourn and all dwell