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It is used to describe both the act of mourning and the state of being in mourning. This term is frequently associated with the cultural practices surrounding death and loss in ancient Israel.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, mourning was a significant communal and religious practice. It involved various rituals, such as wearing sackcloth, sitting in ashes, fasting, and wailing. Mourning was not only a personal expression of grief but also a communal event that reinforced social bonds and religious beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife. The practice of mourning was deeply embedded in the fabric of Israelite society, reflecting their understanding of human suffering and divine compassion.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/56.htm">abal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>mourning<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>mourn (2), mourners (2), mourning (3), one who sorrows (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">אָבֵל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>adjective</b></font> mourning — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">א</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-35.htm">Genesis 37:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/esther/6-12.htm">Esther 6:12</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">אֲבֶלֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a>; <font class="hebrew2">אֲבֵלִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/29-25.htm">Job 29:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61-2.htm">Isaiah 61:2</a> etc.; — for dead <a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-35.htm">Genesis 37:35</a>, calamity <a href="/interlinear/esther/6-12.htm">Esther 6:12</a>, compare figurative <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/1-4.htm">Lamentations 1:4</a> (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive <em>mourner</em>; singular <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a> (construct) for dead ("" <font class="hebrew2">קדר</font>); plural <a href="/interlinear/job/29-25.htm">Job 29:25</a> absolute; for calamity <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/57-18.htm">Isaiah 57:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61-2.htm">Isaiah 61:2</a>,3(where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di). <p>II. <font class="hebrew2">אבל</font> (perhaps <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000502.gif"> <em>grow green</em>, compare <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000503.gif"> <em>grass</em>; Lag<sup>BN 45</sup> proposes <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000504.gif"> <em>withstand</em>, hence <font class="hebrew2">אָבֵל</font> as withstanding scorching sun (protected by trees, springs, etc.), hence also (Lag) <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000505.gif"> <em>camel</em>). Etymologogical conjectures very dubious; connection (Lag.) of <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111901.gif"> <em>withstand</em>, with <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111902.gif"> <em>herbage, forage</em> (sometimes <em>dry</em>) improbable, and of latter with <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111903.gif"> <em>herd of camels</em> obscure; √ meaning <em>grow green</em> unattested; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111905.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111906.gif">, Talmud <font class="hebrew2">יַבְלָא</font>, Punic <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ιεβαλ</font>, <em>'grass,'</em> apparently = a specific kind of fodder, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ἄγρωστις</font>, see Löw<sup>No. 141</sup> (GFM, privately). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mourner, <p>From <a href="/hebrew/56.htm">'abal</a>; lamenting -- mourn(-er, -ing). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/56.htm">'abal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֲבֵל֗וֹת אֲבֵלִ֣ים אֲבֵלִֽים׃ אָבֵ֖ל אבל אבלות אבלים אבלים׃ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃ ולאבליו׃ כַּאֲבֶל־ כאבל־ לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י לאבלי ’ă·ḇê·lîm ’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ ’ā·ḇêl ’āḇêl ’ăḇêlîm ’ăḇêlōwṯ aVel aveLim aveLot ka’ăḇel- ka·’ă·ḇel- kaavel la’ăḇêlê la·’ă·ḇê·lê laaveLei velaaveLav wə·la·’ă·ḇê·lāw wəla’ăḇêlāw<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/37-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 37:35</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ בְּנִ֛י <b> אָבֵ֖ל </b> שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to Sheol <span class="itali">in mourning</span> for my son.<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto my son <span class="itali">mourning.</span> Thus his father<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> about my son <span class="itali">mourning</span> to Sheol wept<p><b><a href="/text/esther/6-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Esther 6:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/esther/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ <b> אָבֵ֖ל </b> וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/esther/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> home, <span class="itali">mourning,</span> with [his] head<br><a href="/kjvs/esther/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to his house <span class="itali">mourning,</span> and having his head<br><a href="/interlinear/esther/6-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> about home <span class="itali">mourning</span> covered with head<p><b><a href="/text/job/29-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 29:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּגְּד֑וּד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר <b> אֲבֵלִ֣ים </b> יְנַחֵֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> As one who comforted <span class="itali">the mourners.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> as one [that] comforteth <span class="itali">the mourners.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/29-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the troops after <span class="itali">mourners</span> comforted<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/35-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 35:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי <b> כַּאֲבֶל־ </b> אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/35.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> mourning, <span class="itali">as one who sorrows</span> for a mother.<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> heavily, <span class="itali">as one that mourneth</span> [for his] mother.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> brother went <span class="itali">one</span> A mother mourning<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/57-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 57:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/57.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ <b> וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/57.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> comfort <span class="itali">to him and to his mourners,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/57.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> comforts <span class="itali">unto him and to his mourners.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/57-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and restore comfort <span class="itali">his mourners</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/61-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 61:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְנַחֵ֖ם כָּל־ <b> אֲבֵלִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/61.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> To comfort all <span class="itali">who mourn,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/61.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of our God; to comfort <span class="itali">all that mourn;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to comfort all <span class="itali">mourn</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/61-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 61:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> לָשׂ֣וּם ׀ <b> לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י </b> צִיּ֗וֹן לָתֵת֩</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/61.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> To grant <span class="itali">those who mourn</span> [in] Zion,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/61.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> To appoint <span class="itali">unto them that mourn</span> in Zion,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/61-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to grant <span class="itali">mourn</span> Zion Giving<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 1:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דַּרְכֵ֨י צִיּ֜וֹן <b> אֲבֵל֗וֹת </b> מִבְּלִי֙ בָּאֵ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Zion <span class="itali">are in mourning</span> Because<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Zion <span class="itali">do mourn,</span> because none come<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the roads of Zion <span class="itali">mourning</span> no comes<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_57.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_57.htm">Strong's Hebrew 57<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/avel_57.htm">’ā·ḇêl — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/avelim_57.htm">’ă·ḇê·lîm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/avelot_57.htm">’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kaavel_57.htm">ka·’ă·ḇel- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/laavelei_57.htm">la·’ă·ḇê·lê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/velaavelav_57.htm">wə·la·’ă·ḇê·lāw — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> 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