# H57 אָבֵל

אָבֵל (ʼâbêl), Strong’s H57: lamenting KJV: mourn(-er, -ing).. Occurs 8 times.

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*ʼâbêl* — lamenting

KJV: mourn(-er, -ing).

Derived from [אָבַל ʼâbal](https://besorah.bible/word/H56) (to bewail)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָבֵל adj. mourning—elsewhere as subst. mourner

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 37:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=35) — All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down…
- [Isaiah 57:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=18) — I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
- [Isaiah 61:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/61?v=2) — to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
- [Isaiah 61:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/61?v=3) — to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment…
- [Psalms 35:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/35?v=14) — I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
- [Job 29:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/29?v=25) — I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
- [Lamentations 1:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/1?v=4) — The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her…
- [Esther 6:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/6?v=12) — Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.