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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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Amos 8:10
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.

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.

Zechariah 12:11
In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 12:11 · retained source text

In that day shall there bee a great mourning in Ierusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

1611 marginal noteActs 2.37.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 35.22.

Matthew 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 2:18 · retained source text

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

2 Corinthians 7:7
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 7:7 · retained source text

And not by his comming onely, but by the consolation wherewith hee was comforted in you, when he told vs your earnest desire, your mourning, your feruent minde toward me, so that I reioyced the more.

Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 18:8 · retained source text

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine, and she shall bee vtterly burnt with fire, for strong is the Lord God, who iudgeth her.

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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)