Mourning
אָבֵלStrong’s H0057avel (a-vel)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avel is the Hebrew word usually translated “mourning”, “mourners” and “like a mourner of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”
Meaning
- Mourningfor the dead · because of calamity · of rites of mourning
- Mourner (subst.)for the dead · for calamity
How it's translated
- mourning 3
- mourners 2
- like a mourner of 1
- and to mourners his 1
- to mourners of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Genesis 1
- Esther 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Lamentations 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 6:12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
- Psalms 35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
- Isaiah 61:2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
- Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Hebrew dictionary
אָבֵל avel · mourning
1) mourning 1a) for the dead 1b) because of calamity 1c) of rites of mourning 2) mourner (subst.) 2a) for the dead 2b) for calamity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mourning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOURNING, participle present
tense Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.
All definitions and other forms of “mourning”
MOURNING, noun
The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
- The dress or customary habit worn by mourners.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.