Word Study · Strong's H7015 · Hebrew
קִינָה
qinah
kee-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qîynâh
“a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
Rendered in the KJV as
lamentation.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- קִינָ֔ה3
- קִינָה֙2
- קִינָ֖ה2
- קִינָֽה׃2
- בְּקִינ֨וֹתֵיהֶ֤ם1
- הַקִּינָ֖ה1
- הַקִּינֽוֹת׃1
- לְקִינָ֔ה1
- לְקִינָֽה׃ פ1
- קִינָ֑ה1
- קִ֥ינָה1
- קִינָ֥ה1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- a lamentation9
- [is] a lamentation2
- in lamentations their1
- into a lamentation1
- into lamentation1
- lamentation1
- lamentations1
- the lamentation1
- the lamentations1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine singular12
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 12
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcmpa · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HTd/Ncfpa · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel10 of 18 · 56%
- Jeremiah3 of 18 · 17%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 18 · 11%
- Amos2 of 18 · 11%
- 2 Samuel1 of 18 · 6%
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 35:25בְּקִינ֨וֹתֵיהֶ֤םbekinoteihempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.here: in lamentations their
- 2 Chronicles 35:25הַקִּינֽוֹת׃hakinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.here: the lamentations
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:29קִינָ֑הkinahnoun · feminine singularCut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’here: a lamentation
- Jeremiah 9:10קִינָ֔הkinahnoun · feminine singularI will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.here: lamentation
- Jeremiah 9:20קִינָֽה׃kinahnoun · feminine singularNow, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.here: a lamentation
Ezekiel10 occurrences
- Ezekiel 2:10קִנִ֥יםkinimnoun · masculine pluralwhich He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.here: lamentations
- Ezekiel 19:1קִינָ֔הkinahnoun · feminine singular“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israelhere: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 19:14קִ֥ינָהkinahnoun · feminine singularFire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”here: [is] a lamentation
- Ezekiel 19:14לְקִינָֽה׃ פlekinahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”here: into a lamentation
- Ezekiel 26:17קִינָה֙kinahnoun · feminine singularThen they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!here: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 27:2קִינָֽה׃kinahnoun · feminine singular“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.here: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 27:32קִינָ֔הkinahnoun · feminine singularAs they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?here: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 28:12קִינָ֖הkinahnoun · feminine singular“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.here: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 32:2קִינָה֙kinahnoun · feminine singular“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’here: a lamentation
- Ezekiel 32:16קִינָ֥הkinahnoun · feminine singularThis is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”here: [is] a lamentation
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 5:1קִינָ֖הkinahnoun · feminine singularHear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:here: a lamentation
- Amos 8:10לְקִינָ֔הlekinahpreposition + noun · feminine singularI will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.here: into lamentation
Same headword in Strong's