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Mourning

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H0060, H0057, H0592, H8386, G3602, G3997, H1068, H4798
Hebrew
אֵ֫בֶל · ʼêbel
Greek
ὀδυρμός · odurmos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὀδυρμός

G3602
Transliteration
odurmos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

mourning

Lexicon definition

ὀδυρμός, -οῦ, ὁ (ὀδύρομαι, to lament), [in LXX : Jer.31:15 (תַּמְרוּר), 2Ma.11:6 * ;] lamentation, mourning: Mat.2:18 (LXX), 2Co.7:7.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ὀδυρμός

G3602
Transliteration
odyrmós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

mourning

Lexicon definition

bitter lamentation, wailing, Mat. 2.18; meton. sorrow, mourning, 2 Co. 7.7.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַרְזֵחַ

H4798
Transliteration
marzêach
Pronunciation
mar-zay'-akh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

mourning.

Lexicon definition

a cry, i.e. (of grief) a lamentation

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תַּמְרוּר

H8563
Transliteration
tamrûwr
Pronunciation
tam-roor'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

[idiom] most bitter(-ly).

Lexicon definition

bitterness (plural as collective)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תַּמְרוּר

H8564
Transliteration
tamrûwr
Pronunciation
tam-roor'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

high heap.

Lexicon definition

an erection, i.e. pillar (probably for a guide-board)

Complete dictionary entries

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

MOURNING

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Mourning

Indexed occurrences: 47

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All Scripture references101 references

Genesis 10

Genesis 23:2Genesis 27:41Genesis 37:29Genesis 37:35Genesis 38:12Genesis 38:14Genesis 50:1Genesis 50:4Genesis 50:10Genesis 50:11

Exodus 2

Exodus 12:30Exodus 33:4

Leviticus 3

Leviticus 10:6Leviticus 19:28Leviticus 21:1

Numbers 2

Numbers 14:6Numbers 20:29

Deuteronomy 3

Deuteronomy 14:1Deuteronomy 26:14Deuteronomy 34:8

Judges 1

Judges 11:35

Ruth 2

Ruth 1:9Ruth 3:3

1 Samuel 1

1 Samuel 30:4

2 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 1:22 Samuel 1:122 Samuel 11:272 Samuel 14:22 Samuel 19:12 Samuel 19:22 Samuel 19:3

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 18:28

2 Kings 2

2 Kings 1:82 Kings 2:12

Ezra 2

Ezra 9:3Ezra 10:6

Esther 3

Esther 4:3Esther 6:12Esther 9:22

Job 4

Job 1:20Job 2:12Job 29:25Job 30:31

Psalms 3

Psalms 30:11Psalms 35:14Psalms 38:6

Ecclesiastes 3

Ecclesiastes 7:2Ecclesiastes 7:4Ecclesiastes 12:5

Isaiah 6

Isaiah 29:2Isaiah 37:1Isaiah 57:18Isaiah 60:20Isaiah 61:2Isaiah 61:3

Jeremiah 10

Jeremiah 6:26Jeremiah 9:17Jeremiah 16:6Jeremiah 16:7Jeremiah 22:18Jeremiah 31:13Jeremiah 31:15Jeremiah 41:5Jeremiah 47:5Jeremiah 48:38

Lamentations 3

Lamentations 1:4Lamentations 2:5Lamentations 5:15

Ezekiel 4

Ezekiel 2:10Ezekiel 24:17Ezekiel 27:31Ezekiel 31:15

Daniel 1

Daniel 10:2

Joel 2

Joel 1:9Joel 2:12

Amos 2

Amos 5:16Amos 8:10

Jonah 1

Jonah 3:5

Micah 4

Micah 1:8Micah 1:11Micah 1:16Micah 3:7

Zechariah 1

Zechariah 12:12

Matthew 4

Matthew 2:17Matthew 2:18Matthew 9:23Matthew 26:65

Mark 1

Mark 16:10

Luke 4

Luke 7:38Luke 7:46Luke 8:52Luke 23:27

John 2

John 11John 11:2

Acts 4

Acts 8:2Acts 14:14Acts 18:18Acts 27:9

2 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 7:7

James 1

James 4:9

Revelation 1

Revelation 21:4

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

MOURNING

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for MOURNING.

Indexed references: 31

Scripture references:
Leviticus 10:6Leviticus 19:28Deuteronomy 14:1Jeremiah 16:6Genesis 50:10Exodus 12:301 Samuel 30:4Jeremiah 22:18Matthew 2:172 Samuel 1:12Leviticus 21:1Zechariah 12:12Ecclesiastes 12:5Jeremiah 9:17Matthew 9:23Genesis 23:2Genesis 50:1Numbers 20:29Genesis 37:29Numbers 14:6Judges 11:352 Samuel 1:22 Kings 2:12Ezra 9:3Job 1:20Isaiah 37:1Jeremiah 41:5Matthew 26:65Acts 14:14Genesis 38:142 Samuel 14:2

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Ancient Context4 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The Reign Of Artaxerxes The Whole Nation Of The Jews Was In Danger Of Perishing.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 6

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition Which The Jews Raised Thereupon; With The Punishment Of The Seditious.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 6

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How He Sailed To Rome.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 9

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MOURNING

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Abel-beth-maachah

mourning to the house of Maachah

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Abel-maim

mourning of waters

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Abel-meholah

mourning of sickness

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Abel-mizraim

the mourning of Egyptians

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Abel-shittim

mourning of thorns

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Abel

a city; mourning

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Abilene

the father of mourning

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Barber

Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. The Nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth (Num. 6:5). Comp. Judg. 16:19.

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Cutting

The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 48:37). Allusions are made in Revelation (13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Gal. 6; 7) and by Ezekiel (9:4). (See [137]HAIR.)

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Ferret

Lev. 11:30 (R.V., "gecko"), one of the unclean creeping things. It was perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the Hebrew word (anakah, a cry, "mourning," the creature which groans) here used, i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko which makes a mournful wail. The LXX. translate it by a word meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there are three species in Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as the hedgehog. The translation of the Revised Version is to be preferred.

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Hair

(1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. "So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever they intended to convey the idea of a man of low condition, or a slovenly person, the artists represented him with a beard." Joseph shaved himself before going in to Pharoah (Gen. 41:14). The women of Egypt wore their hair long and plaited. Wigs were worn by priests and laymen to cover the shaven skull, and false beards were common. The great masses of hair seen in the portraits and statues of kings and priests are thus altogether artificial. (2.) A precisely opposite practice, as regards men, prevailed among the Assyrians. In Assyrian sculptures the hair always appears long, and combed closely down upon the head. The beard also was allowed to grow to its full length. (3.) Among the Greeks the custom in this respect varied at different times, as it did also among the Romans. In the time of the apostle, among the Greeks the men wore short hair, while that of the women was long (1 Cor. 11:14, 15). Paul reproves the Corinthians for falling in with a style of manners which so far confounded the distinction of the sexes and was hurtful to good morals. (See, however, 1 Tim. 2:9, and 1 Pet. 3:3, as regards women.) (4.) Among the Hebrews the natural distinction between the sexes was preserved by the women wearing long hair (Luke 7:38; John 11:2; 1 Cor. 11:6), while the men preserved theirs as a rule at a moderate length by frequent clipping. Baldness disqualified any one for the priest's office (Lev. 21). Elijah is called a "hairy man" (2 Kings 1:8) from his flowing locks, or more probably from the shaggy cloak of hair which he wore. His raiment was of camel's hair. Long hair is especially noticed in the description of Absalom's person (2 Sam. 14:26); but the wearing of long hair was unusual, and was only practised as an act of religious observance by Nazarites (Num. 6:5; Judg. 13:5) and others in token of special mercies (Acts 18:18). In times of affliction the hair was cut off (Isa. 3:17, 24; 15:2; 22:12; Jer. 7:29; Amos 8:10). Tearing the hair and letting it go dishevelled were also tokens of grief (Ezra 9:3). "Cutting off the hair" is a figure of the entire destruction of a people (Isa. 7:20). The Hebrews anointed the hair profusely with fragrant ointments (Ruth 3:3; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 45:7, etc.), especially in seasons of rejoicing (Matt. 6:17; Luke 7:46).

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Lamentation

(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).

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Mourn

Frequent references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning for the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Gen. 23:2); Jacob for Joseph (37:34, 35); the Egyptians for Jacob (50:3-10); Israel for Aaron (Num. 20:29), for Moses (Deut. 34:8), and for Samuel (1 Sam. 25:1); David for Abner (2 Sam. 3:31, 35); Mary and Martha for Lazarus (John 11); devout men for Stephen (Acts 8:2), etc. (2.) For calamities, Job (1:20, 21; 2:8); Israel (Ex. 33:4); the Ninevites (Jonah 3:5); Israel, when defeated by Benjamin (Judg. 20:26), etc. (3.) Penitential mourning, by the Israelites on the day of atonement (Lev. 23:27; Acts 27:9); under Samuel's ministry (1 Sam. 7:6); predicted in Zechariah (Zech. 12:10, 11); in many of the psalms (51, etc.). Mourning was expressed, (1) by weeping (Gen. 35:8, marg.; Luke 7:38, etc.); (2) by loud lamentation (Ruth 1:9; 1 Sam. 6:19; 2 Sam. 3:31); (3) by the disfigurement of the person, as rending the clothes (Gen. 37:29, 34; Matt. 26:65), wearing sackcloth (Gen. 37:34; Ps. 35:13), sprinkling dust or ashes on the person (2 Sam. 13:19; Jer. 6:26; Job 2:12), shaving the head and plucking out the hair of the head or beard (Lev. 10:6; Job 1:20), neglect of the person or the removal of ornaments (Ex. 33:4; Deut. 21:12, 13; 2 Sam. 14:2; 19:24; Matt. 6:16, 17), fasting (2 Sam. 1:12), covering the upper lip (Lev. 13:45; Micah 3:7), cutting the flesh (Jer. 16:6, 7), and sitting in silence (Judg. 20:26; 2 Sam. 12:16; 13:31; Job 1:20). In the later times we find a class of mourners who could be hired to give by their loud lamentation the external tokens of sorrow (2 Chr. 35:25; Jer. 9:17; Matt. 9:23). The period of mourning for the dead varied. For Jacob it was seventy days (Gen. 50:3); for Aaron (Num. 20:29) and Moses (Deut. 34:8) thirty days; and for Saul only seven days (1 Sam. 31:13). In 2 Sam. 3:31-35, we have a description of the great mourning for the death of Abner.

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Shehariah

mourning or blackness of the Lord

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Zipporah

beauty; trumpet; mourning

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