Occurrences
ʼêbel occurs 24 times in 22 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (3), Esther (2), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (2), Micah (1)
- Genesis 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning (אֵ֣בֶל) for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
- Genesis 50:10 — And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning (אֵ֖בֶל) for his father seven days.
- Genesis 50:11 — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning (הָאֵ֗בֶל) in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
- Genesis 50:11 — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning (אֵֽבֶל) to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
- Deuteronomy 34:8 — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning (אֵ֥בֶל) for Moses were ended.
- 2 Samuel 11:27 — And when the mourning (הָאֵ֗בֶל) was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 — And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning (אֵ֗בֶל) apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 19:2 — And the victory that day was turned into mourning (לְאֵ֖בֶל) unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
- Esther 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning (אֵ֤בֶל) among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
- Esther 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning (וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל) into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
- Job 30:31 — My harp also is turned to mourning (לְ֭אֵבֶל), and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 — It is better to go to the house of mourning (אֵ֗בֶל), than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 — The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning (אֵ֔בֶל); but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
- Isaiah 60:20 — Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning (אֶבְלֵֽךְ) shall be ended.
- Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning (אֵ֔בֶל), 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.
- Jeremiah 6:26 — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning (אֵ֤בֶל), as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
- Jeremiah 16:7 — Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning (אֵ֖בֶל), to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
- Jeremiah 31:13 — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning (אֶבְלָ֤ם) into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
- Lamentations 5:15 — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning (לְאֵ֖בֶל).
- Ezekiel 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning (אֵ֣בֶל) for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
- Amos 5:16 — Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning (אֵ֔בֶל), and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning (לְאֵ֗בֶל), and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning (כְּאֵ֣בֶל) of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
- Micah 1:8 — Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning (וְאֵ֖בֶל) as the owls.