Strong’s H56 · Hebrew

אָבַל
ʼâbal
aw-bal'

Definition

to bewail

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • lament
  • mourn

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.