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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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Joel 1:5
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 1:5 · retained source text

Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all yee drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 1:11 · retained source text

Be yee ashamed, O yee husbandmen: howle, O yee vine-dressers, for the wheate and for the barley; because the haruest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 1:13 · retained source text

Gird your selues, and lament, yee Priests: howle, ye ministers of the Altar: come, lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drinke offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 1:8 · retained source text

Therfore I wil waile and houle, I will goe stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owles.

1611 marginal noteHeb. daughters of the owle.

Zephaniah 1:11
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:11 · retained source text

Howle yee inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut downe: all they that beare siluer are cut off.

Zechariah 11:2
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 11:2 · retained source text

Howle firre tree, for the cedar is fallen; because all the mighty are spoiled; howle O yee okes of Bashan, for the forrest of the vintage is come downe.

1611 marginal noteOr, gallants.

1611 marginal noteOr, the defenced forrest.

James 5:1
GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Goe to now, yee rich men, weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.

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