סָפַד

sa.phadto mournHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb30 occurrences11 books29 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Traditional renderings: lament, mourn(-er), wail.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סָפַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

30 total
  1. Genesis 23:2לִסְפֹּ֥ד · to mourn
    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  2. Genesis 50:10וַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־ · they lamented
    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:1וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ · to mourn
    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
  4. 1 Samuel 28:3וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ · had mourned
    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
  5. 2 Samuel 1:12וַֽיִּסְפְּדוּ֙ · They mourned
    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  6. 2 Samuel 3:31וְסִפְד֖וּ · and mourn
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  7. 2 Samuel 11:26וַתִּסְפֹּ֖ד · she mourned
    When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
  8. 1 Kings 13:29לִסְפֹּ֖ד · to mourn for him
    So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
  9. 1 Kings 13:30וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּ · and they lamented
    Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
  10. 1 Kings 14:13וְסָֽפְדוּ־ · will mourn
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  11. 1 Kings 14:18וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ · mourned
    And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
  12. Ecclesiastes 3:4סְפ֖וֹד · to mourn
    …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  13. Ecclesiastes 12:5הַסֹּפְדִֽים׃ · and mourners
    …when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  14. Isaiah 32:12סֹֽפְדִ֑ים · Beat
    Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
  15. Jeremiah 4:8סִפְד֣וּ · mourn
    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
  16. Jeremiah 16:4יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ · be mourned
    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
  17. Jeremiah 16:5לִסְפּ֔וֹד · to mourn
    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.
  18. Jeremiah 16:6יִסְפְּד֣וּ · mourned
    “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
  19. Jeremiah 22:18יִסְפְּד֣וּ · mourn; יִסְפְּד֣וּ · mourn
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
  20. Jeremiah 25:33יִסָּפְד֗וּ · be mourned
    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
  21. Jeremiah 34:5יִסְפְּדוּ־ · and lament
    …you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
  22. Jeremiah 49:3סְפֹ֕דְנָה · and mourn
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
  23. Ezekiel 24:16תִסְפֹּד֙ · mourn
    “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
  24. Ezekiel 24:23תִסְפְּד֖וּ · mourn
    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
  25. Joel 1:13וְסִפְד֜וּ · and lament
    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
  26. Micah 1:8אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה · I will lament
    Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
  27. Zechariah 7:5וְסָפ֜וֹד · and mourned
    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  28. Zechariah 12:10וְסָפְד֣וּ · They will mourn
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  29. Zechariah 12:12וְסָפְדָ֣ה · will mourn
    The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,