3 occurrences in 12 translations

'Wailing' in the Bible

In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;On their housetops and in their squaresEveryone is wailing, dissolved in tears.

Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

For their cry echoesthroughout the territory of Moab.Their wailing reaches Eglaim;their wailing reaches Beer-elim.

On that day the Lord God of Hostscalled for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀλαλάζω 
Alalazo 
Usage: 2

κλαυθμός 
Klauthmos 
Usage: 2

κόπτω 
Kopto 
Usage: 6

πενθέω 
Pentheo 
Usage: 7

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