Lamentation
θρῆνοςStrong’s G2355thrēnos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Thrēnos is the Greek word usually translated “lamentation”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.”
Meaning
Usually translated “lamentation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lamentation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
θρῆνος thrēnos · lamentation
θρῆνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for קִינָה ;] a lamentation: Mat.2:18, Rec.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lamentation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAMENTA'TION, noun
[Latin lamentatio.]
- Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.“In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping” Matthew 2:18
- In the plural, a book of Scripture, containing the lamentations of Jeremiah.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.