# אֵבֶל (evel) Israeli respelling: e-vel. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H60. 22 Old Testament occurrences. lamentation King James renderings: mourning. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/evel-h60 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 27:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/41) — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my fath… - [Genesis 50:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/10) — And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he… - [Genesis 50:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/11) — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the… - [Deuteronomy 34:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/34/8) — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. - [2 Samuel 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/27) — And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that Da… - [2 Samuel 14:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/2) — And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mou… - [2 Samuel 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/2) — And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his s… - [Esther 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/3) — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and… - [Esther 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/22) — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into… - [Job 30:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/31) — My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. - [Ecclesiastes 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/2) — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay i… - [Ecclesiastes 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/4) — The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. - [Isaiah 60:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/20) — Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy m… - [Isaiah 61:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/3) — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spi… - [Jeremiah 6:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/26) — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamenta… - [Jeremiah 16:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/7) — Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to… - [Jeremiah 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/13) — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them… - [Lamentations 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/15) — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. - [Ezekiel 24:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/17) — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy… - [Amos 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/16) — Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas!… - [Amos 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/10) — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness… - [Micah 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/1/8) — Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.