8 occurrences

'Ceremony' in the Bible

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which [was] beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful wailing. And he made a mourning ceremony for his father seven days.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsBereavement, Experience OfLamentingSevenWeeksSeven DaysBeyond JordanMourning The Death Of Others

And when the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, saw the mourning ceremony at the threshing floor of Atad they said, "This [is] a severe mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called Abel-Mizraim, which [is] beyond the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsMourningMourning DeathBeyond Jordan

as the day that the Jews {found relief} from their enemies, and the month which changed for them from sorrow to joy, and from a mourning ceremony to a {festive day}; to make them days of feasting and joy, and giving gifts to each other and to the poor.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesPeople Providing FoodRejoicing In God's Works

O daughter of my people, gird yourself [with] sackcloth, and roll about in the ashes in mourning, a mourning ceremony [as for] an only child. Make for yourself wailing of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

And they will not break bread for [the] mourning ceremony for them, to comfort him because of [the] dead. And they will not give drink to them, [the] cup of desolation, for their fathers, or for their mothers.

Verse ConceptsNo Comfortlosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of Loved OneMissing SomeoneDeath Of A MotherFamily DeathLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

The joy of our hearts has stopped; our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.

Verse ConceptsdanceCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of RejoicingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

Sigh in silence [for the] dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your [upper] lip, and the bread of {mourners} you shall not eat."

Verse ConceptsCustomFeetBereavement, Expression OfHead coveringCovering The MouthSandalsTraditionsVeilsDressShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearFacial HairSilenceEating Forbidden Food

On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

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