Words the Bible translates as lamentation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thrēnosθρῆνοςlamentationnot studied yet
- kopetosκοπετόςlamentationnot studied yet
- qinahקִינָהa dirge: a formal, sung poem of grief, mourning the dead, or mourning a doomed nation as if it were already dead
- mispedמִסְפֵּדloud, public wailing: the formal outcry of grief, with beating of the breast, that mourns a death or a disaster
- nehiנְהִיwailing: the loud, drawn-out cry of grief raised over the dead or over a ruined land, and the mourning song made out of that cry
- aniyyahאֲנִיָּהlamentationnot studied yet
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