Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
The 1611 reading
Thou hast turned for mee my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put off my sackecloth, and girded mee with gladnesse:
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:41
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Thou hast turned for mee my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put off my sackecloth, and girded mee with gladnesse:
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
I am troubled, I am bowed downe greatly; I goe mourning all the day long.
1611 marginal noteHebr. wryed.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
I will say vnto God, My rocke, why hast thou forgotten me? why goe I mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy?
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
For thou art the God of my strength, why doest thou cast me off? why goe I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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Historical English dictionary sources
Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.
The act of expressing grief or sorrow; also the dress or customary habit of mourners.