abel: mourning Original Word: אָבֵל
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: abel
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bale')
Short Definition: mourning
Word Origin
from abal
Definition
mourning
NASB Word Usage
mourn (2), mourners (2), mourning (3), one who sorrows (1).
I. אָבֵל adjective mourning — ׳א Genesis 37:35; Esther 6:12; construct אֲבֶלֿ Psalm 35:14; אֲבֵלִים Job 29:25; Isaiah 61:2 etc.; — for dead Genesis 37:35, calamity Esther 6:12, compare figurative Lamentations 1:4 (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive mourner; singular Psalm 35:14 (construct) for dead ("" קדר); plural Job 29:25 absolute; for calamity Isaiah 57:18; Isaiah 61:2,3(where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di). II. אבל (perhaps  grow green, compare  grass; LagBN 45 proposes  withstand, hence אָבֵל as withstanding scorching sun (protected by trees, springs, etc.), hence also (Lag)  camel). Etymologogical conjectures very dubious; connection (Lag.) of  withstand, with  herbage, forage (sometimes dry) improbable, and of latter with  herd of camels obscure; √ meaning grow green unattested; Syriac  ,  , Talmud יַבְלָא, Punic ιεβαλ, 'grass,' apparently = a specific kind of fodder, ἄγρωστις, see LöwNo. 141 (GFM, privately).
mourner, From 'abal; lamenting -- mourn(-er, -ing). see HEBREW 'abal
te·’ĕ·ḇāl — 4 Occ.
tiṯ·’ab·bə·lū — 1 Occ.
wā·’eṯ·’ab·bə·lāh — 1 Occ.
way·ya·’ă·ḇel- — 1 Occ.
way·yiṯ·’ab·bā·lū — 1 Occ.
way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl — 4 Occ.
way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·lū — 2 Occ.
wə·’ā·ḇal — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·ḇə·lū — 4 Occ.
yiṯ·’ab·bāl — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lîm — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ka·’ă·ḇel- — 1 Occ.
la·’ă·ḇê·lê — 1 Occ.
wə·la·’ă·ḇê·lāw — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇêl — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇêl — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇê·lāh — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·ḇêl — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·ḇê·lāh — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 57
8 Occurrences
’ā·ḇêl — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lîm — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ka·’ă·ḇel- — 1 Occ.
la·’ă·ḇê·lê — 1 Occ.
wə·la·’ă·ḇê·lāw — 1 Occ.
Genesis 37:35
BIB: אֶל־ בְּנִ֛י אָבֵ֖ל שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ
NAS: to Sheol in mourning for my son.
KJV: unto my son mourning. Thus his father
INT: about my son mourning to Sheol weptEsther 6:12
BIB: אֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ אָבֵ֖ל וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃
NAS: home, mourning, with [his] head
KJV: to his house mourning, and having his head
INT: about home mourning covered with head Job 29:25
BIB: בַּגְּד֑וּד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם׃
NAS: As one who comforted the mourners.
KJV: as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
INT: the troops after mourners comforted Psalm 35:14
BIB: לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־ אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר
NAS: mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
KJV: heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
INT: brother went one A mother mourning Isaiah 57:18
BIB: נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃
NAS: comfort to him and to his mourners,
KJV: comforts unto him and to his mourners.
INT: and restore comfort his mourners Isaiah 61:2
BIB: לְנַחֵ֖ם כָּל־ אֲבֵלִֽים׃
NAS: To comfort all who mourn,
KJV: of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
INT: to comfort all mourn Isaiah 61:3
BIB: לָשׂ֣וּם ׀ לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן לָתֵת֩
NAS: To grant those who mourn [in] Zion,
KJV: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
INT: to grant mourn Zion Giving Lamentations 1:4
BIB: דַּרְכֵ֨י צִיּ֜וֹן אֲבֵל֗וֹת מִבְּלִי֙ בָּאֵ֣י
NAS: of Zion are in mourning Because
KJV: of Zion do mourn, because none come
INT: the roads of Zion mourning no comes 8 Occurrences
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