To mourn
πενθέωStrong’s G3996pentheō
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pentheō is the Greek word usually translated “mourning”, “mourn” and “mourned”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
Meaning
Usually translated “mourning”, “mourn” and “mourned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- mourning 4
- to mourn 1
- you will mourn 1
- mourned 1
- i may mourn over 1
- do mourn 1
- they mourn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
- Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
- James 4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Greek dictionary
πενθέω pentheō · to mourn
πενθέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for אָבַל ;] to mourn (for), lament; (a) intrans. : Mat.5:4 (5) Mat.9:15, 1Co.5:2; π. καὶ κλαίειν, Mat.16:10, Luk.6:25, Jas.4:9, Rev.18:15, 19; before ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.18:11; (b) trans., with accusative, 2Co.12:21.† SYN.: see: θρηνέω (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mourn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOURN, verb intransitive
[Latin maereo.]
- To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful.“Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep” Genesis 23:2“Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted” Matthew 5:4
- To wear the customary habit of sorrow.
All definitions and other forms of “mourn”
MOURN, verb transitive
To grieve for; to lament. But there is an ellipsis of for, the verb not being transitive. When we say, we mourn a friend or a child, the real sense and complete phrase is, we mourn for a friend, or mourn for the loss of a friend. 'He mourn'd his rival's ill success, ' that is, he mourned for his rival's ill success.
- To utter in a sorrowful manner.
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.