15 occurrences

'Lament' in the Bible

So David intoned this song of lament about Saul and his son Jonathan,

Jeremiah sang a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers recite that lamentation about Josiah to this day. In fact, they made singing it an ordinance in Israel, and they are recorded in the Lamentations.

and her gates lament and mourn. Ravaged, she will sit on the ground."

Therefore, let Moab not wail, let everyone wail for Moab. Lament and grieve deeply for the ruined remains of Kir-hareseth.

The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.

I'll weep and mourn for the mountains, and lament for the desert pastures, because they are desolate and no one passes through them. They don't hear the lowing of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They're gone!

Let them hurry and lament for us. Let tears run down from our eyes, and let our eyelids flow with water.

"Now, you women, hear the message from the LORD; listen to what he has to say! Teach your daughters how to mourn, let every woman teach her friend how to lament.

For this is what the LORD says: "Don't go to a house where there is mourning, don't go to lament, nor to express sorrow to them. For I've taken my peace away from this people," declares the LORD, "as well as gracious love and compassion.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, "They won't lament for him with these words: "How terrible, my brother, How terrible, my sister!' They won't lament for him with these words: "How terrible, lord, How terrible, your majesty!'

"Wail, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry out, daughters of Rabbah, put on sackcloth and lament. Run back and forth inside the walls, for Milcom is going into exile along with his priests and his princes.

The Lord has become like an enemy he has devoured Israel. He has devoured all of her palaces, destroying her fortresses. He filled cherished Judah with mourning and lament.

"The day has arrived. Don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller lament, because wrath is coming to attack the entire multitude. The seller won't regain what he has sold while the crowd remains alive, because the vision concerning the entire multitude won't be annulled. No person will be able to survive because of the sin in his life.

In the depth of their despair they'll compose a lament for you. This is what they'll say: "Who is like Tyre? Who is so silent in the midst of the sea?'

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says: "There will be dirges in all of the streets; and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish. They will call the farmer to mourning and those who lament to grieve.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποτίθημι 
Apotithemi 
Usage: 8

ἐπιτίθημι 
Epitithemi 
lay on , lay , put , lay upon , put on , put upon , set , not tr ,
Usage: 34

κρατέω 
Krateo 
hold , take , lay hold on , hold fast , take by , lay hold upon , lay hand on ,
Usage: 33

ὕστερον 
Husteron 
afterward , last , at the last , last of all
Usage: 7

יבּשׂה 
Yabbashah 
Usage: 14

כּבשׂה כּבשׂה 
Kibsah 
Usage: 8

לעג 
La`ag 
Usage: 18

מלקושׁ 
Malqowsh 
Usage: 8

צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

צחק 
Ts@choq 
Usage: 2

רבץ 
Rabats 
Usage: 30

שׂי שׂה 
Seh 
Usage: 47

ἀνομία 
Anomia 
Usage: 10

ἀρνίον 
Arnion 
Lamb i.e. Christ , lamb
Usage: 29

ἔγκλημα 
Egklema 
Usage: 2

ἐπιβάλλω 
Epiballo 
Usage: 13

ἐπιβουλή 
Epiboule 
Usage: 4

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

ἐπιλαμβάνομαι 
Epilambanomai 
take , take by , catch , take on , lay hold on , take hold of , lay hold upon
Usage: 19

ἐργάζομαι 
Ergazomai 
Usage: 28

ἔσχατος 
Eschatos 
Usage: 24

θησαυρίζω 
thesaurizo 
Usage: 5

κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie , be laid , be set , be appointed , be , be made , laid up , there
Usage: 23

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17

Λάζαρος 
Lazaros 
Usage: 8

νομοδιδάσκαλος 
Nomodidaskalos 
doctor of the law , teacher of the law
Usage: 3

ξηρός 
Xeros 
Usage: 5

τίθημι 
Tithemi 
Usage: 71

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אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

אזרח 
'ezrach 
Usage: 17

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 16

אחרן אחרין 
'acharown 
Usage: 50

אחרן אחרין 
'ochoreyn (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

אחרית 
'achariyth (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

אלה 
'alah 
Usage: 1

אמל 
'amal 
Usage: 16

אמּר 
'immar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

אנה 
'anah 
Usage: 2

אניּה 
'aniyah 
Usage: 4

אצר 
'atsar 
Usage: 5

ארב 
'arab 
lay in wait , liers in wait , ambush
Usage: 42

ארמית 
'Aramiyth 
Usage: 5

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

אשׁנב 
'eshnab 
Usage: 2

אתמוּל אתמול אתמול 
'ethmowl 
Usage: 8

בּאר לחי ראי 
B@'er la-Chay Ro'iy 
Usage: 3

בּגד 
Beged 
Usage: 217

בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

בּלי 
B@liy 
not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption
Usage: 56

גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

גּבלה גּבוּלה 
G@buwlah 
Usage: 10

גּברת 
G@bereth 
Usage: 9

דּוי 
D@vay 
Usage: 2

דּוּכּיפת 
Duwkiyphath 
Usage: 2

דּת 
Dath 
Usage: 22

דּת 
Dath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

זוּל 
Zuwl 
Usage: 1

חוק חק חיק 
Cheyq 
Usage: 38

חלה 
Chalah 
Usage: 76

חם 
Cham 
father in law
Usage: 4

חמת חמות 
Chamowth 
mother in law
Usage: 11

חסן 
Chacan 
laid up
Usage: 1

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 22

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 18

חצן 
Chotsen 
Usage: 2

חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

חרבה 
Charabah 
Usage: 8

חתן 
Chathan 
Usage: 28

חתן 
Chathan 
Usage: 25

טלא 
T@la' 
Usage: 1

טלה 
Taleh 
Usage: 2

טמן 
Taman 
Usage: 31

טען 
Ta`an 
Usage: 1

יבמת 
Y@bemeth 
Usage: 5

יגיע 
Y@giya` 
Usage: 16

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 1

יגע 
Yagea` 
Usage: 3

יהב 
Y@hab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 28

יהוּדית 
Y@huwdiyth 
Usage: 6

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

ינח 
Yanach 
Usage: 0

יסד 
Yacad 
Usage: 43

יצע 
Yatsa` 
spread , make my bed , lay
Usage: 4

יקשׁ 
Yaqosh 
Usage: 9

ירא ירה 
Yarah 
Usage: 83

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

כּבשׂ 
Kebes 
Usage: 107

כּידון 
Kiydown 
Usage: 9

כּיּר כּיּור 
Kiyowr 
Usage: 23

כּלּה 
Kallah 
Usage: 34

כּמס 
Kamac 
laid up in store
Usage: 1

כּר 
Kar 
Usage: 16

כּשׂב 
Keseb 
Usage: 13

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