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HebrewH6969Verb

קִינֵן

qun

5Occurrences
H6969Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to chant a dirge, chant, wail, lament 1a) (Polel) to lament

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קִינֵן appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
2
Ezk
2
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 35:25BSB

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

2 Samuel 1:17BSB

Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Samuel 3:33BSB

And the king sang this lament for Abner:“Should Abner diethe death of a fool?

Ezk 27:32BSB

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Ezk 32:16BSB

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