17 occurrences

'Lament' in the Bible

that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

And the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.

For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.

For thus saith Jehovah: Enter not into the house of wailing, neither go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, the loving-kindness and the tender mercies.

Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; and none shall lament for them, or cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

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

thou shalt die in peace, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they will lament for thee, Ah, lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.

Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languish together.

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?

It is a lamentation, and thus they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.

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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