קִינָהqîynâh

elegy, dirge (2 Samuel 1:17; Ezekiel 2:10; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ezekiel 19:14; Ezekiel 32:16)

Pronunciation: kee-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7015

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Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 1:17 Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,
  • 2 Chronicles 35:25 The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.
  • Jeremiah 7:29 Shave your head in mourning, and weep alone on the mountains. For the Lord has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.’
  • Jeremiah 9:10 I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.
  • Jeremiah 9:20 Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.
  • Ezekiel 2:10 which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).