- Original: אבל - Transliteration: 'ebel - Phonetic: ay'-bel - Definition: 1. mourning a. for the dead b. for rites of mourning (metaph) c. mourning garb d. period of mourning - Origin: from H56 - TWOT entry: 6a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H56 ; lamentation: - mourning. Total KJV Occurrences: 24 • mourning, 24 Genesis 27:41; Genesis 50:10; Genesis 50:11(2); Deuteronomy 34:8; 2 Samuel 11:27; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:2; Esther 4:3; Esther 9:22; Job 30:31; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Isaiah 60:20; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 5:15; Ezekiel 24:17; Amos 5:16; Amos 8:10(2); Micah 1:8