Mourning
38 references
- For the dead
- Head uncovered Lev. 10:6; 21:10
- Lying on the ground 2 Sam. 12:16
- Personal appearance neglected 2 Sam. 14:2
- Cutting the flesh Lev. 19:28; 21:1-5; Deut. 14:1; Jer. 16:6,7; 41:5
- Lamentations Gen. 50:10; Exod. 12:30; 1 Sam. 30:4; Jer. 22:18; Matt. 2:17,18
- Fasting 1 Sam. 31:13; 2 Sam. 1:12; 3:35
- Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin Lev. 21:1-11
- For Nadab and Abihu forbidden Lev. 10:6
- Sexes separated in Zech. 12:12,14
- Hired mourners 2 Chr. 35:25; Eccl. 12:5; Jer. 9:17; Matt. 9:23
- Abraham mourned for Sarah Gen. 23:2
- The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days Gen. 50:1-3
- The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days Num. 20:29
- David's lamentations over
- The death of Saul and his sons 2 Sam. 1:17-27
- The death of Abner 2 Sam. 3:33,34
- The death of Absalom 2 Sam. 18:33
- Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah 2 Chr. 35:25
- For calamities and other sorrows
- Ripping the garments Gen. 37:29,34; 44:13; Num. 14:6; Judg. 11:35; 2 Sam. 1:2,11; 3:31; 13:19,31; 15:32; 2 Kgs. 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; Ezra 9:3,5; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isa. 37:1; Jer. 41:5; Matt. 26:65; Acts 14:14
- Wearing mourning clothes Gen. 38:14; 2 Sam. 14:2
- See Sackcloth
- Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard Ezra 9:3; Jer. 7:29
- See Baldness
- Covering
- The head and the face 2 Sam. 15:30; 19:4; Esth. 6:12; Jer. 14:3,4
- The upper lip Lev. 13:45; Ezek. 24:17,22; Mic. 3:7
- Laying aside ornaments Exod. 33:4,6
- Walking barefoot 2 Sam. 15:30; Isa. 20:2
- Laying the hand on the head 2 Sam. 13:19; Jer. 2:37
- Ashes put on the head Ezek. 27:30
- Dust on the head Josh. 7:6
- Dressing in black Jer. 14:2
- Sitting on the ground Isa. 3:26
- Caused ceremonial defilement Num. 19:11-16; 31:19; Lev. 21:1
- Prevented offerings from being accepted Deut. 26:14; Hos. 9:4
- See Elegy
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.