Meaning
Mourning For the dead:
- Head uncovered
Lev 10:6; Lev 21:10
- Lying on ground
2Sa 12:16
- Personal appearance neglected
2Sa 14:2
- Cutting the flesh
Lev 19:28; Lev 21:5; Deu 14:1; Jer 16:7; Jer 41:5
- Lamentations
Gen 50:10; Exo 12:30; 1Sa 30:4; Jer 22:18; Mat 2:18
- Fasting
1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 1:12; 2Sa 3:35
- Priests prohibited, except for nearest of kin
Lev 21:11
- For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
Lev 10:6
- Sexes separated in
Zec 12:12; Zec 12:14
- Hired mourners
2Ch 35:25; Ecc 12:5; Jer 9:17; Mat 9:23
- Instances of:
b Abraham mourned for Sarah
Gen 23:2
b Egyptians, for Jacob seventy days
Gen 50:3
b Israelites, for Aaron thirty days
Num 20:29
b David's lamentations:
b Over the death of Saul and his sons
2Sa 1:27
b Over the death of Abner
2Sa 3:34
b Over the death of Absalom
2Sa 18:33
b Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
2Ch 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows:
- Rending the garments
Gen 37:29; Gen 37:34; Gen 44:13; Num 14:6; Jdg 11:35; 2Sa 1:2; 2Sa 1:11; 2Sa 3:31; 2Sa 13:19; 2Sa 13:31; 2Sa 15:32; 2Ki 2:12; 2Ki 5:8; 2Ki 6:30; 2Ki 11:14; 2Ki 19:1; 2Ki 22:11; 2Ki 22:19; Ezr 9:3; Ezr 9:5; Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Isa 37:1; Jer 41:5; Mat 26:65; Act 14:14
- Wearing mourning dress
b General references
Gen 38:14; 2Sa 14:2
Sackcloth
- Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
b General references
Ezr 9:3; Jer 7:29
Baldness
- Covering:
b the head and face
2Sa 15:30; 2Sa 19:4; Est 6:12; Jer 14:4
b the upper lip
Lev 13:45; Eze 24:17; Eze 24:22; Mic 3:7
- Laying aside ornaments
Exo 33:4; Exo 33:6
- Walking barefoot
2Sa 15:30; Isa 20:2
- Laying the hand on the head
2Sa 13:19; Jer 2:37
- Ashes put on the head
Eze 27:30
- Dust on the head
Jos 7:6
Dressing in black
Jer 14:2
- Sitting on the ground
Isa 3:26
- Caused ceremonial defilement
Num 19:16; Num 31:19; Lev 21:1
- Prevented offerings from being accepted
Deu 26:14; Hos 9:4
Elegy
