Quick Definition
to mourn
Strong's Definition
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
TWOT Reference: 1530
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to wail, lament, mourn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wail, lament
1a2) wailers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to wail, lament, mourn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wail, lament
1a2) wailers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָפַד
sâphad
BDB Definition:
1) to wail, lament, mourn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wail, lament
1a2) wailers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1530
Total KJV Occurrences: 31