Occurrences
ʼâbêl occurs 9 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (1), Esther (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (3), Lamentations (1)
- Genesis 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning (אָבֵ֖ל). Thus his father wept for him.
- Judges 4:9 — And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- Esther 6:12 — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning (אָבֵ֖ל), and having his head covered.
- Job 29:25 — I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners (אֲבֵלִ֣ים).
- Psalms 35:14 — I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth (כַּאֲבֶל) for his mother.
- Isaiah 57:18 — I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners (וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו).
- Isaiah 61:2 — To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn (אֲבֵלִֽים);
- Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn (לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י) in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
- Lamentations 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn (אֲבֵל֗וֹת), because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.