סָפַד
çâphad(saw-fad')
“properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail”
30 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Translated in KJV as
lamentmourn(-er)wail.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.”