- Original: אבל - Transliteration: 'abal - Phonetic: aw-bal' - Definition: 1. to mourn, lament a. (Qal) to mourn, lament 1. of humans 2. of inanimate objects (fig.) 1a b. of gates 1a c. of land d. (Hiphil) 1. to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.) e. (Hithpael) 1. to mourn 2. play the mourner - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to bewail: - lament mourn. Total KJV Occurrences: 39 • lament, 2 Isaiah 19:8; Lamentations 2:8 • lamented, 1 1 Samuel 6:19 • mourn, 15 1 Samuel 16:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Job 14:22; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 66:10; Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 12:4; Ezekiel 7:12; Ezekiel 7:27; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 10:5; Joel 1:9; Amos 1:2; Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5 • mourned, 10 Genesis 37:34; Exodus 33:4; Numbers 14:39; 1 Samuel 15:35; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Chronicles 7:22; 2 Chronicles 35:24; Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 1:4 • mourner, 1 2 Samuel 14:2 • mourneth, 8 2 Samuel 19:1; Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 24:7; Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 12:11; Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 23:10; Joel 1:10 • mourning, 2 Ezekiel 31:15; Daniel 10:2