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howl

Meaning of “howl”

To cry aloud with grief, distress, or lamentation.

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29 occurrences27 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Isaiah 13:6

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Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:6 · retained source text

¶ Howle yee; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 14:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:31 · retained source text

Howle, O gate, crie, O citie, thou whole Palestina art dissolued, for there shal come from the North a smoke, and none shall bee alone in his appointed times.

1611 marginal noteOr, he shall not be alone.

1611 marginal noteOr assemblies.

Isaiah 15:2
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 15:2 · retained source text

Hee is gone vp to Baijth, and to Dibon, the high places, to weepe: Moab shall howle ouer Nebo, and ouer Medeba, on all their heads shalbe baldnesse, and euery beard cut off.

1611 marginal noteIer.48.37, 38. ezek.7.18.

Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 15:3 · retained source text

In their streetes they shall girde themselues with sackecloth: on the toppes of their houses, and in their streetes euery one shall howle, weeping abundantly.

1611 marginal noteHeb. descending into weeping: or, comming downe with weeping.

Isaiah 16:7
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:7 · retained source text

Therefore shall Moab howle for Moab, euery one shal howle: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall yee mourne, surely they are stricken.

1611 marginal noteOr, mutter.

1611 marginal noteIere.48.20.

Isaiah 23:1
THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of Tyre. Howle yee ships of Tarshish, for it is laide waste, so that there is no house, no entring in: from the land of Chittim it is reuealed to them.

Isaiah 23:6
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 23:6 · retained source text

Passe ye ouer to Tarshish, howle ye inhabitants of the yle.

Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:5 · retained source text

Now therefore, what haue I here, sayth the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, sayth the LORD, and my Name continually euery day is blasphemed.

1611 marginal noteEzek.36.20,23. rom. 2.24.

Isaiah 65:14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 65:14 · retained source text

Behold, my seruants shall sing for ioy of heart, but yee shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howle for vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteHeb. breaking.

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