סָפַד saphad
Hebrew word for “to mourn” · Strong’s H5594 · used 30 times in 29 verses
Meaning
1) to wail, lament, mourn; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to wail, lament; 1a2) wailers (participle); 1b) (Niphal) to be lamented, be bewailed
How it is translated
Glosses given for saphad in context, with how often each is used:
- mourn 6
- mourned 5
- will mourn 4
- people will mourn 3
- will be mourned 2
- lament 2
- must lament 2
- lamented 1
- had mourned 1
- people mourned 1
- mourners 1
- mourning 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 9 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 16 (3), 1 Kings 13 (2), 1 Kings 14 (2), Ezekiel 24 (2), Zechariah 12 (2), Genesis 23 (1), Genesis 50 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1)
Forms
- ויספדו 6
- יספדו 6
- וספדו 4
- לספד 2
- ותספד 1
- ספוד 1
- הספדים 1
- ספדים 1
- ספדו 1
- לספוד 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with saphad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קָבַר qavar “to bury” 8
- בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 5
- יָלַל yalal “to wail” 4
- חָגַר chagar “to gird” 4
- שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 4
- מוּת mut “to die” 7
- מִסְפֵּד misped “mourning” 3
- נְבֵלָה nevelah “carcass” 3
- הוֹי hoy “woe!” 3
- דֹּמֶן domen “dung” 2
- צוּם tsum “to fast” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
Key verses
The verses using saphad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 23:2 — And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 — Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden,…
- Jeremiah 4:8 — For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
- Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
- Jeremiah 16:6 — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald…
- Jeremiah 22:18 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they…
- Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go…
- Ezekiel 24:16 — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
- Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and…
- Zechariah 7:5 — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye…
- Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
See all 29 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.