14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lament' in the Bible

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

My dear people, dress yourselves in sackclothand roll in the dust.Mourn as you would for an only son,a bitter lament,for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.

Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

Shear your hair and throw [it] away, and lift up a lament on the barren heights, for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'

Verse ConceptsGenerationsHairsLamentingMourningRejection Of God, Results OfSongsBarbersAnger Of God, ConsequencesCutting HairAccompaniments Of Mourning

I will raise weeping and a lamentover the mountains,a dirge over the wilderness grazing land,for they have been so scorchedthat no one passes through.The sound of cattle is no longer heard.From the birds of the sky to the animals,everything has fled—they have gone away.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofLamentingSongsWailingLand Becoming EmptyI Mourn Catastrophe

Let them come quickly to raise a lament over usso that our eyes may overflow with tears,our eyelids soaked with weeping.

Verse ConceptsShedding

Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.Pay attention to the word of His mouth.Teach your daughters a lamentand one another a dirge,

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingWomen WorkingBeing A Woman Of Godwomanhood

"Judah mourns, and her gates languish, they are in mourning on the ground, and the cry of lament of Jerusalem goes up.

Verse ConceptsSorrow

For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Verse ConceptsDo Not MournGod Without MercyNo PeacePeace And ComfortFamily DeathProtecting Your FamilyRemoving People From Your LifeLoss Of A Loved Oneempathygrievingpitygraciousness

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBaldnessHairsKnivesUnburied BodiesNo BurialsGreat And SmallGashing BodiesNot Mourning

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Verse ConceptsNot Mourning

But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

[The] nations have heard your shame, and your cry of lament fills the earth. For warrior has stumbled against warrior, together they have fallen, the two of them.

Verse ConceptsWarriorsDisorganizationPeople StumblingShame Has Come

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Bemoan (11 instances)
Bewail (9 instances)
Complaint (39 instances)
Deplore (1 instance)
Dirge (8 instances)
Grieve (43 instances)
Groan (39 instances)
Grumble (11 instances)
Heaving (1 instance)
Lament (75 instances)
Plaint (5 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
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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