50 occurrences

'Weep' in the Bible

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

GriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there.

HousesPrivacySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPartialityBowelsHasty ActionPrivate Rooms

Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat that we may eat!’

Mourning In RegretEating Meat

She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions.”

SympathyWeepingLeave Us Alonevirginity

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

UnhappinessWeepingHusbands Duty To WivesTen PeopleGood PeopleWhy Do You Do This?

Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, “What is the matter with the people that they weep?” So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

Herds

Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

WeepingTearsOthers Mourning

Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”

Cruelty, examples ofPregnancyGashing BodiesHarming Pregnant WomenKilling Will Happen

Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

GovernorsScribesWeepingDo Not MournHoly Times

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,And their widows will not be able to weep.

WidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

FlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

“If my land cries out against me,And its furrows weep together;

Ecological ConcernsComplaining

His priests fell by the sword,And His widows could not weep.

Killing PriestsDeposed PriestsNot Mourning

A time to weep and a time to laugh;A time to mourn and a time to dance.

DancingA Time ToSmilingSeasons Changinggrieving

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

Baldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.

God, Suffering OfHarvestDestroying VineyardsI Mourn CatastropheSummer Fruit

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,Let me weep bitterly,Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Being Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.

Answered PromisesGod Will AnswerNot Mourning

Behold, their brave men cry in the streets,The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

envoyWeepingPeople Mourning Catastropheheroes

But if you will not listen to it,My soul will sob in secret for such pride;And my eyes will bitterly weepAnd flow down with tears,Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

Being Earnest For IsraelFeelings Of Rejection By GodSecrecySorrowWeepingRefusing To HearActing In SecretThe Proud Will Be Abased

Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,But weep continually for the one who goes away;For he will never returnOr see his native land.

SorrowNo return from exileDo Not MournExile In Prospectlosing a loved oneDeath Of A MotherLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someoneanniversary

“More than the weeping for JazerI will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!Your tendrils stretched across the sea,They reached to the sea of Jazer;Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvestThe destroyer has fallen.

GrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

“For these things I weep;My eyes run down with water;Because far from me is a comforter,One who restores my soul.My children are desolateBecause the enemy has prevailed.”

Being ForsakenPeace, Human Destruction OfSympathyRestoring SinnersI Mourn CatastropheNo Comfort

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

God Appointed AfflictionsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDo Not MournAll Life Is Dependent On GodRemoving People From Your Lifeheartbroken

Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.

ShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearNot Mourning

“Also they will make themselves bald for youAnd gird themselves with sackcloth;And they will weep for you in bitterness of soulWith bitter mourning.

BaldnessSackcloth And AshesBitternessgrievingbranding

Awake, drunkards, and weep;And wail, all you wine drinkers,On account of the sweet wineThat is cut off from your mouth.

AlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,Weep between the porch and the altar,And let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord,And do not make Your inheritance a reproach,A byword among the nations.Why should they among the peoples say,‘Where is their God?’”

BywordOutsidersPriests, Function In Ot TimesPorchesGod Not ExistingBeing ReprovedWhere Is God?

Tell it not in Gath,Weep not at all.At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

Do Not MournDo Not Tell

speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”

Month 5Action For A Long TimeFasting RegularlyUnnamed Prophets Of The Lord

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

Last ThingsMourningSleep, And DeathDisorder Among PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMourning The Death Of OthersDeath Of A Child

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

ContemplationPeter, The DiscipleRegretRememberingRepentance, Examples OfWeepingApostasy, RestoredCrowsConviction Of SinPainful MemoriesCommunicating Three TimesBird SoundsMourning In Regretdenial

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

LaughterSatisfactionTearsBenefits Of SadnessMothers DeathSmilingFeeding The Poorhunger

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

LaughterReversalsWoe To The ProsperousFeeding The Poorhunger

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

danceFlutesAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesMarketsMarketplacesMusic To CelebrateLike ChildrenNot Mourning

But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Do Not MournThe CrossKidsLoving Childrenassertivenessjerusalem

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

MourningComfort, Of FriendsSpeedPeople Following PeoplePeople Getting UpMourning The Death Of Others

And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,

People KissingArmsKissingLove, For One AnotherSorrowKissesgoodbyes

and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

Do Not MournLack Of Rejoicing

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

LaughterSorrowTearsLack Of RejoicingHeavinessChanging Yourselfgrieving

Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

WeepingWorthinessMourning In Regret

“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

SmokeBurning CitiesThey Committed Immorality

“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—

BabylonMerchandise

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Definition
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בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

בּכי 
B@kiy 
Usage: 29

דּמע 
Dama` 
Usage: 2

κλαίω 
Klaio 
Usage: 30

κλαυθμός 
Klauthmos 
Usage: 2

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