9 occurrences in 8 translations

'Wailed' in the Bible

When Esau heard his father's words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me too, my father!"

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVoicesBeing BitterPeople BlessingBitterness

“Out of the window she looked down and lamented (cried out in a shrill voice),The mother of Sisera through the lattice,‘Why is his chariot delayed in coming?Why have the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?’

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldLooking Through WindowsPeople Who Delayed

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

In that day doth one take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

Verse ConceptsSongsLamentingSad MusicPeople Changing Their Mindstraitors

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

Verse ConceptsdanceFlutesMusical Instruments, types ofInstrumentalistsNot MourningWedding Songsbreastsdrums

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

Verse ConceptsLamentingWeepingExcitementWailing

They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.

Verse ConceptsdanceFlutesAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesMarketsMarketplacesMusic To CelebrateLike ChildrenNot Mourning

And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.

Verse ConceptsLamentingLargenessTearsCrowds Around JesusMourning The Death Of Christ

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Wailed (9 instances)
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