- Original: אבל - Transliteration: 'abel - Phonetic: aw-bale' - Definition: 1. mourning a. for the dead b. because of calamity c. of rites of mourning 2. mourner (subst.) a. for the dead b. for calamity - Origin: from H56 - TWOT entry: 6b - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From H56 ; lamenting: - mourn (er -ing). Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • mourn, 3 Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 61:3; Lamentations 1:4 • mourners, 2 Job 29:25; Isaiah 57:18 • mourneth, 1 Psalm 35:14 • mourning, 2 Genesis 37:35; Esther 6:12 • notwithstanding, 1 Judges 4:9