Hebrew adjective · H57
אָבֵל
abelaw-bale'
mourning
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâbêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H57is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H57
lamenting
The King James renders it: mourn(-er, -ing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
abel is rendered "mourning". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Genesis 37:35אָבֵ֖ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- mourning3
- mourners2
- and to mourners his1
- like a mourner of1
- to mourners of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָבֵל | abel | meadow | Usesnot recorded |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אָבֵ֖ל2
- אֲבֵל֗וֹת1
- אֲבֵלִ֣ים1
- אֲבֵלִֽים׃1
- וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃1
- כַּאֲבֶל־1
- לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
- adjective · masculine singular2HAamsa
- adjective · feminine plural1HAafpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Aampc/Sp3ms
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Aampc
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Aamsc
Genesis
one use
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- אָבֵ֖לʾaveladjective · masculine singulartagged: mourning
Esther
one use
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
- אָבֵ֖לʾaveladjective · masculine singulartagged: mourning
Job
one use
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
- אֲבֵלִ֣יםʾavelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mourners
Psalms
one use
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
- כַּאֲבֶל־kaavel-preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a mourner of
Isaiah
three uses
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃velaavelavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to mourners his
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- אֲבֵלִֽים׃ʾavelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mourners
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- לַאֲבֵלֵ֣יlaaveleipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to mourners of
Lamentations
one use
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- אֲבֵל֗וֹתʾavelotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: mourning
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.