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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 27:41

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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.

Micah 1:11
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 1:11 · retained source text

Passe yee away thou inhabitant of Saphir, hauing thy shame naked; the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel, he shall receiue of you his standing.

1611 marginal noteHeb. inhabitresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, thou that dwellest fairely.

1611 marginal noteOr, the countrey of flockes.

1611 marginal noteOr, a place neere.

1611 marginal noteIsai.47.30.

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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)