wailing

Found 16 times in the King James Bible

H5092 Hebrew
G2805 Greek

English Definition

an elegy

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

נְהִי

Transliteration

nᵉhîy

Strong's Reference H5092

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

κλαυθμός

Transliteration

Bᵉkîy

Strong's Reference G2805
Greek Meaning

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

"Wailing" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H5092, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G2805. Context determines which original word is being used.

Occurrences in Scripture

Esther 4:3 Old Testament

weeping, and wailing; and many lay in

Jeremiah 9:20 Old Testament

teach your daughters wailing, and every one

Jeremiah 9:10 Old Testament

a weeping and wailing, and for the

Jeremiah 9:18 Old Testament

take up a wailing for us, that

Jeremiah 9:19 Old Testament

a voice of wailing is heard out

Ezekiel 7:11 Old Testament

shall there be wailing for them.

Ezekiel 27:31 Old Testament

heart and bitter wailing.

Ezekiel 27:32 Old Testament

And in their wailing they shall take

Amos 5:16 Old Testament

LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in

Amos 5:16 Old Testament

of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 5:17 Old Testament

vineyards shall be wailing: for I will

Micah 1:8 Old Testament

will make a wailing like the dragons,

Matthew 13:42 New Testament

there shall be wailing and gnashing of

Matthew 13:50 New Testament

there shall be wailing and gnashing of

Revelation 18:15 New Testament

torment, weeping and wailing,

Revelation 18:19 New Testament

cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas,

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