Words the Bible translates as lament
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- koptōκόπτωto cut off: to chop something free with a blow of a blade, as branches are cut from a tree
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- to mourn openly: to beat the breast and wail so that grief is seen and heard
- thrēneōθρηνέωto lamentnot studied yet
- yalalיָלַלto wail: to raise a loud, howling cry of grief or dread
- saphadסָפַדto wail in mourning: to perform the loud, public lament for the dead, chest-beating and crying aloud.
- qinahקִינָהa dirge: a formal, sung poem of grief, mourning the dead, or mourning a doomed nation as if it were already dead
- qunקִינֵןto chant a funeral dirge: to perform the composed song of grief over the dead, or over a nation mourned as though it were already dead
- anahאָנָהto lamentnot studied yet
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