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mourning

Meaning of “mourning”

Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
51 occurrences48 verses20 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 27:41

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Amos 5:16
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Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 5:16 · retained source text

Therefore the LORD, the God of hostes, the LORD saith thus: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the high wayes, Alas, Alas: and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation, to wailing.

Amos 8:10
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And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 8:10 · retained source text

And I will turne your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and I will bring vp sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnesse vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Complete reference index — all 48 verses
Genesis 27:41Genesis 37:35Genesis 50:4Genesis 50:10Genesis 50:11Deuteronomy 26:14Deuteronomy 34:82 Samuel 11:272 Samuel 14:22 Samuel 19:2Esther 4:3Esther 6:12Esther 9:22Job 3:8Job 30:28Job 30:31Psalms 30:11Psalms 38:6Psalms 42:9Psalms 43:2Ecclesiastes 7:2Ecclesiastes 7:4Isaiah 22:12Isaiah 51:11Isaiah 60:20Isaiah 61:3Jeremiah 6:26Jeremiah 9:17Jeremiah 16:5Jeremiah 16:7Jeremiah 31:13Lamentations 2:5Lamentations 5:15Ezekiel 2:10Ezekiel 7:16Ezekiel 24:17Ezekiel 31:15Daniel 10:2Joel 2:12Amos 5:16Amos 8:10Micah 1:8Micah 1:11Zechariah 12:11Matthew 2:182 Corinthians 7:7James 4:9Revelation 18:8

Where “mourning” appears

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Genesis6 occurrences
5 versesDeuteronomy2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel3 occurrences
3 versesEsther3 occurrences
3 versesJob3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms4 occurrences
4 versesEcclesiastes2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah4 occurrences
4 versesJeremiah5 occurrences
5 versesLamentations2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel4 occurrences
4 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseJoel1 occurrence
1 verseAmos3 occurrences
2 versesMicah2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah2 occurrences
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseJames1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.

volume 2, leaf 163, column 1 (main_dictionary)

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

The act of expressing grief or sorrow; also the dress or customary habit of mourners.

volume 2, leaf 163, column 2 (main_dictionary)