Lamentations (6 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Lamentations, Book of. ... It is the first word of the book (see 2 Samuel 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamentations.htm - 20k

Acrostic (2 Occurrences)

... There are twelve clear instances in the Old Testament: Psalms 25; 34; 37; 111; 119; 145; Proverbs 31:10-31, and Lamentations 1-4. There is probably an example ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acrostic.htm - 15k

Fail (130 Occurrences)

... frequent, meaning "to be consumed," "ended" (Job 11:20; Job 17:5 Psalm 69:3; Psalm 71:9, etc.; Proverbs 22:8 Isaiah 15:6, etc.; Jeremiah 14:6 Lamentations 2:11 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fail.htm - 43k

Pitied (19 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:2 The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pitied.htm - 12k

Attacker (14 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:5 Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attacker.htm - 10k

Maidens (40 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maidens.htm - 18k

Virgins (33 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted ... biblethesaurus.org/v/virgins.htm - 16k

Foe (23 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foe.htm - 12k

Coral (3 Occurrences)

... to separate"; compare Arabic fanan, "a branch of a tree") occurs in Job 28:18 Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 31:10 Lamentations 4:7. In ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coral.htm - 12k

Sigh (18 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sigh.htm - 12k

Wormwood (10 Occurrences)

... wurm'-wood (la'anah (Deuteronomy 29:18 Proverbs 5:4 Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15 Lamentations 3:15, 19 Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12, the King James Version hemlock ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wormwood.htm - 13k

Comforter (14 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:2 She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been ... biblethesaurus.org/c/comforter.htm - 14k

Attentively (35 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:11 All her people are sighing -- seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O Jehovah, and behold ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attentively.htm - 16k

Gall (17 Occurrences)

... poisonous plant, most probably the poppy, which grows up quickly, and is therefore coupled with wormwood (Deuteronomy 29:18; Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:19). ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gall.htm - 17k

Breathing (25 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breathing.htm - 17k

Lamented (19 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 35:25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamented.htm - 12k

Bitterness (37 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bitterness.htm - 21k

Desirable (49 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:7 Remembered hath Jerusalem 'In' the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the ... biblethesaurus.org/d/desirable.htm - 21k

Imagination (20 Occurrences)

... it is, "lust," margin "hardness or imaginations"; 3 times of machashebheth, "thought" or "purpose" in the King James Version (Proverbs 6:18 Lamentations 3:60 ... biblethesaurus.org/i/imagination.htm - 16k

Relieve (14 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am ... biblethesaurus.org/r/relieve.htm - 11k

Pursuers (19 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pursuers.htm - 12k

Cry (431 Occurrences)

... 2. (vi) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cry.htm - 46k

Attackers (41 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:3 Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attackers.htm - 20k

Eye (145 Occurrences)

... of his eye," ie Yahweh's; Zechariah 2:8); bath-`ayin, "daughter of the eye"; "Give thyself no respite, let not the apple of thine eye cease" (Lamentations 2:18 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eye.htm - 54k

Coal (7 Occurrences)

... The words "live coal" in Isaiah 6:6 are more correctly "glowing stone." In Lamentations 4:8 the expression "blacker than a coal" is literally rendered in the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coal.htm - 14k

Refresh (18 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: look, Yahweh, and see; for I am ... biblethesaurus.org/r/refresh.htm - 13k

Streets (83 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:11 My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people ... biblethesaurus.org/s/streets.htm - 34k

Gesture

... Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 6:13 Ezra 9:5 Nehemiah 8:6 1 Timothy 2:8); "lifting up the hands" was synonymous with prayer (Psalm 77:2; Psalm 141:2 Lamentations 2:19 ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gesture.htm - 20k

Mocking (25 Occurrences)

... 39:14, 17); qalac, "to call out," or "cry after," "to scoff" or "mock at" (2 Kings 2:23 Ezekiel 22:5); sachaq, "to laugh," "mock" (Job 39:22 Lamentations 1:7 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mocking.htm - 18k

Groan (32 Occurrences)

... The sigh is a characteristic sign of woe in Isaiah 21:2; 24:07:00; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 14, 8, 11, 12; Ezekiel 9:4; 21:6. Alexander Macalister. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/groan.htm - 21k

Decreed (33 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:17 Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be ... biblethesaurus.org/d/decreed.htm - 16k

Grievously (17 Occurrences)

... 31:18), "which speak grievous things proudly," the Revised Version (British and American) "against the righteous insolently"; cheT, "sin" (Lamentations 1:8 ... biblethesaurus.org/g/grievously.htm - 14k

Gravel (3 Occurrences)

... portion"): In Proverbs 20:17, we have: "Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel." And in Lamentations 3:16 ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gravel.htm - 9k

Drained (38 Occurrences)

... (BBE). Lamentations 2:11 My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drained.htm - 18k

Tears (58 Occurrences)

... Jeremiah is sometimes called the "weeping prophet" on account of his expressive hyperbole in Jeremiah 9:1, 18 (see also 14:7; 31:16:00; Lamentations 1:2 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tears.htm - 27k

Watches (23 Occurrences)

... The watches of the night were originally three in number, (1) "the beginning of the watches" (Lamentations 2:19); (2) "the middle watch" (Judges 7:19); and (3 ... biblethesaurus.org/w/watches.htm - 14k

Drunken (38 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Lamentations 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. (KJV WBS). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drunken.htm - 18k

Trodden (42 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:15 The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trodden.htm - 19k

Wrapped (40 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:14 Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wrapped.htm - 18k

Relief (32 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:18 Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don't ... biblethesaurus.org/r/relief.htm - 16k

Bone (35 Occurrences)

... The "burning of the bones" is found as a symptom of J ob's disease (Job 30:30), and stands for grief, depression of spirits in Psalm 102:3 and Lamentations 1:13 ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bone.htm - 21k

Revive (31 Occurrences)

... NIV). Lamentations 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive their soul. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/revive.htm - 18k

Mock (43 Occurrences)

... 39:14, 17); qalac, "to call out," or "cry after," "to scoff" or "mock at" (2 Kings 2:23 Ezekiel 22:5); sachaq, "to laugh," "mock" (Job 39:22 Lamentations 1:7 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mock.htm - 23k

Backward (39 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her ... biblethesaurus.org/b/backward.htm - 18k

Impurity (42 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she removed as an impurity: all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her ... biblethesaurus.org/i/impurity.htm - 21k

Filthy (22 Occurrences)

... tum'ah, "uncleanness" (ritual, Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 7:20, etc.), used figuratively of moral impurity, translated "filthiness" (Ezra 6:21 Lamentations 1:9 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/filthy.htm - 16k

Infants (71 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:5 Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her ... biblethesaurus.org/i/infants.htm - 28k

Bear (425 Occurrences)

... prophet Elisha (2 Kings 2:24). Their habits are referred to in Isaiah 59:11; Proverbs 28:15; Lamentations 3:10. The fury of the female ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bear.htm - 44k

Swallowed (43 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:2 The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/swallowed.htm - 20k

Faint (76 Occurrences)

... `ATaph is the weariness of the wanderers in the desert (Psalm 107:5), the faintness from hunger (Lamentations 2:19), or the despondency of Jonah dispelled by ... biblethesaurus.org/f/faint.htm - 38k

Apple (8 Occurrences)

... of his eye," ie Yahweh's; Zechariah 2:8); bath-`ayin, "daughter of the eye"; "Give thyself no respite, let not the apple of thine eye cease" (Lamentations 2:18 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apple.htm - 17k

Lamentation (45 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamentation.htm - 21k

Transgressions (64 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young ... biblethesaurus.org/t/transgressions.htm - 27k

Kidneys (15 Occurrences)

... Revised Version has followed the King James Version exactly, but the American Standard Revised Version has retained "reins" only in Job 16:13 Lamentations 3:13 ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kidneys.htm - 16k

Mourning (85 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mourning.htm - 34k

Spared (45 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:17 Jehovah hath done what he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word which he had commanded from the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath ... biblethesaurus.org/s/spared.htm - 20k

Esteemed (44 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:8 A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esteemed.htm - 20k

Breach (55 Occurrences)

... 14 Psalm 106:23 Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 58:12); (2) shebher = "fracture," "affliction," "bruise," "destruction" (Leviticus 24:20 Jeremiah 14:17 Lamentations 2:13 ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breach.htm - 27k

Quiver (9 Occurrences)

... The sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Psalm 127:5; Isaiah 22:6; 49:2; Jeremiah 5:16; Lamentations 3:13. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quiver.htm - 11k

Visions (43 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:9 Sunk into the earth have her gates, He hath destroyed and broken her bars, Her king and her princes 'are' among the nations, There is no law ... biblethesaurus.org/v/visions.htm - 20k

Kindnesses (11 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV). Lamentations 3:22 It is of Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kindnesses.htm - 9k

Laments (4 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations, unto this day; and they ... biblethesaurus.org/l/laments.htm - 7k

Lovingkindnesses (11 Occurrences)

... (KJV ASV NAS). Lamentations 3:22 It is of' Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (ASV NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lovingkindnesses.htm - 9k

Lamenteth (4 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 35:25 and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamenteth.htm - 7k

Grind (12 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Lamentations 3:16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/g/grind.htm - 11k

Gnash (12 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Hebrews harak, meaning "to grate the teeth", (Job 16:9; Psalm 112:10; Lamentations 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gnash.htm - 12k

Wine-press (11 Occurrences)

... lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were trodden upon and bruised (Isaiah 16:10; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13); and (2) a trough or vat ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wine-press.htm - 11k

Infant (14 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:11 My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people ... biblethesaurus.org/i/infant.htm - 12k

Imaginations (9 Occurrences)

... (See NIV). Lamentations 3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. (KJV DBY WBS). Lamentations... biblethesaurus.org/i/imaginations.htm - 9k

Folded (19 Occurrences)

... whose cords will never be broken. (See NAS). Lamentations 2:20 Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take ... biblethesaurus.org/f/folded.htm - 12k

Fine (184 Occurrences)

... fine" represent a separate word: (1) Tobh, "good," qualifies gold (2 Chronicles 3:5, 8, "fine gold"; compare Genesis 2:12, "good"); fine gold (Lamentations 4:1 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fine.htm - 47k

Fox (2 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FOX. (shu`al; compare Arabic tha`lab (Judges 15:4 Nehemiah 4:3 Psalm 63:10 Songs 2:15 Lamentations 5:18 Ezekiel 13:4); alopex ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fox.htm - 13k

Rail (8 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rail.htm - 11k

Respite (8 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:18 Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don't ... biblethesaurus.org/r/respite.htm - 9k

Remembereth (19 Occurrences)

... (YLT). Lamentations 1:7 Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her ... biblethesaurus.org/r/remembereth.htm - 11k

Expose (12 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:14 Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And ... biblethesaurus.org/e/expose.htm - 10k

Dust (182 Occurrences)

... are symbols expressive of deep humiliation, abasement or lamentation (eg Job 2:12; Job 42:6, Psalm 72:9 Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 49:23 Lamentations 2:10 ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dust.htm - 43k

Derision (24 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at you. ... (See NAS). Lamentations 3:14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/derision.htm - 14k

Plots (20 Occurrences)

... anger. (See NIV). Lamentations 3:60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me. (See NIV). Lamentations 3:61 ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plots.htm - 11k

Persecutors (14 Occurrences)

...Lamentations 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persecutors.htm - 10k