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wailing

Meaning of “wailing”

Crying and lamentation expressing grief, mourning, fear, or anguish.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences15 verses7 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Esther 4:3

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Ezekiel 7:11
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:11 · retained source text

Uiolence is risen vp into a rod of wickednesse: none of them shall remaine, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs, neither shall there be wailing for them.

1611 marginal noteOr, their tumultuous persons. Hebr. tumult.

Ezekiel 27:31
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:31 · retained source text

And they shall make themselues vtterly balde for thee, and girde them with sackecloth, and they shall weepe for thee with bitternesse of heart and bitter wailing.

Ezekiel 27:32
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:32 · retained source text

And in their wailing, they shall take vp a lamentation for thee, and lament ouer thee, saying; What citie is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middest of the sea?

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Loud cries of sorrow; deep lamentation.

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