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Lamentation(s)

lam-en-ta'-shun (an elegy or dirge)
RELATED: Lamentations, The Book of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Hebrew. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan ( 2 Samuel 1:19 - 27 ). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning ( Amos 8:10 ). In 2 Samuel 3:33 , 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity ( Ezekiel 27:2 , 27:32 ; 28:12 ; 32:2 , 32:16 ).

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

lam-en-ta'-shun.

See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6.

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