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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.

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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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Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:8 · retained source text

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise vp their mourning.

1611 marginal noteOr, Leuiathan.

Job 30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:28 · retained source text

I went mourning without the Sunne: I stood vp, and I cried in the Congregation.

Job 30:31
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:31 · retained source text

My harpe also is turned to mourning, and my organe into the voyce of them that weepe.

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Historical definitions

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

volume 2, leaf 163, column 1 (main_dictionary)

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

volume 2, leaf 163, column 2 (main_dictionary)