Words the Bible translates as wail
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- koptōκόπτωto mourn openly: to beat the breast and wail so that grief is seen and heard
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- to cut off: to chop something free with a blow of a blade, as branches are cut from a tree
- 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.
- ololuzōὀλολύζωto wailnot studied yet
- alalazōἀλαλάζωto wailnot studied yet
- thorubeōθορυβέωto make, or be caught up in, a noisy commotion: an uproar, loud wailing, or inner turmoil
- 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
- nahahנָהָהto wailnot studied yet
- alahאָלָהto wailnot studied yet
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