15 occurrences

'Lament' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingMourning The Death Of Others

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.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingSongsTraditionsWritingBooksMournersanniversary

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

Verse ConceptsSitting In DejectionMourning Due To Catastrophe

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

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

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.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

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!

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofLamentingSongsWailingLand Becoming EmptyI Mourn Catastrophe

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

Verse ConceptsShedding

"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.

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingWomen WorkingBeing A Woman Of Godwomanhood

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.

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

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!'

Verse ConceptsNot Mourning

"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.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

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.

Verse ConceptsLamentingSongsGrowth Of EvilSwallowingGod As EnemyHouses Under Attack

"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.

Verse ConceptsVisions From GodPeople not returning

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?'

Verse ConceptsWailingUnique Nations

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.

Verse ConceptsGesturesFarmersMourningRoadsMournersWailingCity SquaresGod As A WarriorHighways

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

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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