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ATS Bible Dictionary MourningThe Hebrews, at the death of their friends and relations, made striking demonstrations of grief and mourning. They wept, tore their clothes, smote their breasts, threw dust upon their heads, Joshua 7:6, and lay upon the ground, went barefooted, pulled their hair and beards, or cut them, Ezra 9:3 Isaiah 15:2, and made incisions on their breasts, or tore them with their nails, Le 19:28 21:5 Jeremiah 16:6 48:37. The time of mourning was commonly seven days, 1 Samuel 31:11-13; but it was lengthened or shortened according to circumstances, Zechariah 12:10. That for Moses and Aaron was prolonged to thirty days, Numbers 20:29 De 34:8; and that for Jacob to seventy days, Genesis 50:3. During the time of their mourning, the near relations of the deceased continued sitting in their houses, and fasted, 2 Samuel 12:16, or ate on the ground. The food they took was thought unclean, and even themselves were judged impure. "Their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners: all that eat thereof shall be polluted," Hosea 9:4. Their faces were covered, and in all that time they could not apply themselves to any occupation, nor read the book of the law, nor offer their usual prayers. They did not dress themselves, nor make their beds, nor uncover their heads, nor shave themselves, nor cut their nails, nor go into the bath, nor salute any body. Nobody spoke to them unless they spoke first, Job 2:11-13. Their friends commonly went to visit and comfort them, John 11:19,39, bringing them food, 2 Samuel 3:35 Jeremiah 16:7. They also went up to the roof, or upon the platform of their houses, to bewail their misfortune: "They shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly," Isaiah 15:3 Jeremiah 48:38. The mourning dress among the Hebrews was not fixed either by law or custom. We only find in Scripture that they used to tear their garments, a custom still observed; but now they tear a small part merely, and for form's sake, 2 Samuel 13:19 2 Chronicles 34:27 Ezra 9:3 Job 2:12 Joel 2:13. Anciently in times of mourning, they clothed themselves in sackcloth, or haircloth, that is, in clothes of coarse brown or black stuff, 2 Samuel 3:31 1 Kings 21:27 Esther 4:1 Psalm 35:13 69:11. They hired women to weep and wail, and also persons to play on instruments, at the funerals of the rich or distinguished, Jeremiah 9:17. In Matthew 9:23, we observe a company of minstrels or players on the flute, at the funeral of a girl of twelve year of age. All that met a funeral procession were accustomed to join them for a time, to accompany them on their way, sometimes relieving the bearers of the bier, and mingling their tears with those of the mourners, Romans 12:15. The custom of hiring women to weep and wail has come down to modern times. The following account of such a scene at Nablous, the ancient Shechem, is form Dr. Jowett. The governor of the city had died the very morning of Dr. Jowett's arrival. "On coming within sight of the gate, we perceived a numerous company of females, who were singing in a kind of recitative, far from melancholy, and beating time with their hands. If this be mourning, I thought, it is of a strange kind. It had indeed sometimes more the air of angry defiance. But on our reaching the gate, it was suddenly exchanged for most hideous plaints and shrieks, which, with the feeling that we were entering a city at no time celebrated for its hospitality, struck a very dismal impression upon my mind. They accompanied us a few paces; but it soon appeared that the gate was their station, to which having received nothing from us, they returned. We learned, in the course of the evening, that these were only a small detachment of a very numerous body of �cunning women- with the design, as of old, to make the eyes of all the inhabitants �run down with tears, and their eyelids gush out with water,- Jeremiah 9:17-18. For this good service, they would, the next morning wait upon the government and principal persons, to receive some trifling fee." Some of the Jewish forms of mourning are the appropriate and universal language of grief; others, to our modern and occidental taste, savor of extravagance. None of these were enjoined by their religion, which rather restricted than encouraged them, Le 10:6 19:27 21:1-11 Numbers 6:7 De 14:1. They were the established customs of the times. Sorrow finds some relief in reversing all the usages of ordinary life. Christianity, however, moderates and assuages our grief; shows us a Father's hand holding the rod, and the dark valley itself penetrated by the heavenly light into which it emerges, 1 1 Corinthians 15:53-55 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 Revelation 7:13-17 14:13. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mourn.2. (n.) The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 3. (n.) Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. 4. (a.) Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. 5. (a.) Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia MOURNINGGreek 3997. penthos -- mourning ... mourning. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: penthos Phonetic Spelling: (pen'-thos) Short Definition: mourning, sorrow Definition: mourning, sorrow ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3997.htm - 6k 3602. odurmos -- lamentation 2875. kopto -- to cut (off), strike, by ext. to mourn 4526. sakkos -- sackcloth 3996. pentheo -- to mourn, lament 2351. thorubos -- an uproar 2870. kopetos -- a beating of the head and breast Strong's Hebrew 60. ebel -- mourning... 59, 60. ebel. 61 . mourning. Transliteration: ebel Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-bel) Short Definition: mourning. Word Origin from abal ... /hebrew/60.htm - 6k 592. aniyyah -- mourning 57. abel -- mourning 8386. taaniyyah -- mourning 5092. nehi -- a wailing, lamentation, mourning song 6428. palash -- (act of mourning) perhaps to roll in 1068. bekith -- a weeping 1899. hegeh -- a rumbling, growling, moaning 4553. misped -- a wailing 6941. qedorannith -- as mourners Library The Hindrances to Mourning Motives to Holy Mourning The Mourning for the Fool Some Helps to Mourning Mourning and Longing. On Mourning for the Dead An Exhortation to Mourning and Confession of Sins for Christ is ... Mourning for Constantine at Rome; and the Honor Paid Him There ... A Scene of Mourning. "We have Now Matter of Mourning: for Our Sin is Cause of Christ's ... Thesaurus Mourning (85 Occurrences)... 5. (a.) Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring ... /m/mourning.htm - 34k Mourning-feast (2 Occurrences) Baldness (11 Occurrences) Abel-mizraim (1 Occurrence) Abelmizraim (1 Occurrence) Lamentation (45 Occurrences) Wailing (44 Occurrences) Sackcloth (47 Occurrences) Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences) Moaning (9 Occurrences) Resources What did the Israelites do during a mourning period (Deuteronomy 34:8)? | GotQuestions.orgWhat does the Bible say about mourning? | GotQuestions.org What is Tisha B'Av? | GotQuestions.org Mourning: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Mourning (85 Occurrences)Matthew 2:18 Matthew 5:4 Mark 16:10 Luke 8:52 Luke 23:27 1 Corinthians 5:2 1 Corinthians 7:30 2 Corinthians 7:7 James 4:9 Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 Revelation 18:15 Revelation 18:19 Revelation 21:4 Genesis 27:41 Genesis 37:35 Genesis 38:12 Genesis 50:4 Genesis 50:10 Genesis 50:11 Exodus 33:4 Deuteronomy 26:14 Deuteronomy 34:8 1 Samuel 16:1 2 Samuel 3:31 2 Samuel 11:27 2 Samuel 14:2 2 Samuel 19:1 2 Samuel 19:2 2 Chronicles 35:24 Ezra 10:6 Esther 4:3 Esther 6:12 Esther 9:22 Job 3:8 Job 30:28 Job 30:31 Psalms 30:11 Psalms 35:14 Psalms 38:6 Psalms 42:9 Psalms 43:2 Ecclesiastes 7:2 Ecclesiastes 7:4 Isaiah 22:12 Isaiah 29:2 Isaiah 38:14 Isaiah 51:11 Isaiah 57:18 Isaiah 58:7 Isaiah 60:20 Isaiah 61:3 Isaiah 66:10 Jeremiah 6:26 Jeremiah 8:21 Jeremiah 9:17 Jeremiah 14:2 Jeremiah 16:5 Jeremiah 16:7 Jeremiah 31:13 Jeremiah 31:15 Jeremiah 47:5 Jeremiah 48:38 Lamentations 1:4 Lamentations 2:5 Lamentations 3:19 Lamentations 5:15 Ezekiel 2:10 Ezekiel 7:16 Ezekiel 8:14 Ezekiel 24:17 Ezekiel 27:31 Ezekiel 31:15 Daniel 10:2 Joel 1:9 Joel 2:12 Amos 5:16 Amos 8:10 Micah 1:8 Micah 1:11 Micah 1:16 Zechariah 7:6 Zechariah 12:10 Zechariah 12:11 Malachi 3:14 Subtopics Mourning for Calamities and Other Sorrows: Ripping the Garments Mourning for Nadab and Abihu Forbidden Mourning for the Dead: Cutting the Flesh Mourning for the Dead: Fasting Mourning for the Dead: Head Uncovered Mourning for the Dead: Lamentations Mourning for the Dead: Lying on the Ground Mourning for the Dead: Personal Appearance Neglected Mourning: Abraham Mourned for Sarah Mourning: Ashes Put on the Head Mourning: Caused Ceremonial Defilement Mourning: Covering: The Head and the Face Mourning: Covering: The Upper Lip Mourning: Cutting or Plucking off the Hair and Beard Mourning: David's Lamentations Over: The Death of Abner Mourning: David's Lamentations Over: The Death of Absalom Mourning: David's Lamentations Over: The Death of Saul and his Sons Mourning: Jeremiah and the Singing Men and Singing Women Lament for Josiah Mourning: Laying Aside Ornaments Mourning: Laying the Hand on the Head Mourning: Prevented offerings from Being Accepted Mourning: Priests Prohibited, Except for the Nearest of Kin Mourning: Sitting on the Ground Mourning: The Egyptians Mourned for Jacob for Seventy Days Mourning: The Israelites Mourned for Aaron for Thirty Days Mourning: Wearing Mourning Clothes Related Terms Mourning-feast (2 Occurrences) |
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