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series of the imperial potentates of the Roman dominion, past and future,” Rev. 17:9. See
HILL
.
MOURN, MOURNING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
, 2875), to cut or beat, used in the middle voice of “beating the breast
or head in mourning” (cf. Luke 23:27), is translated “shall mourn” in Matt. 24:30. See
BEWAIL
, No. 2,
CUT
,
WAIL
.
2.
(
!
, 3996), “to mourn for, lament,” is used (a) of mourning in
general, Matt. 5:4; 9:15; Luke 6:25; (b) of sorrow for the death of a loved one, Mark
16:10; (c) of “mourning” for the overthrow of Babylon and the Babylonish system, Rev.
18:11, 15,
RV
, “mourning” (
KJV
, “wailing”); v. 19 (ditto); (d) of sorrow for sin or for
condoning it, Jas. 4:9; 1 Cor. 5:2; (e) of grief for those in a local church who show no
repentance for evil committed, 2 Cor. 12:21,
RV
, “mourn” (
KJV
, “bewail”). See
BEWAIL
,
No. 3.¶
3.
(
$
!
, 2354), “to lament, wail” (akin to
, “a lamentation, a
dirge”), is used (a) in a general sense, of the disciples during the absence of the Lord,
John 16:20, “lament”; (b) of those who sorrowed for the sufferings and the impending
crucifixion of the Lord, Luke 23:27, “lamented”; the preceding word is
(No. 1); (c)
of “mourning” as for the dead, Matt. 11:17,
RV
, “wailed” (
KJV
, “have mourned”); Luke
7:32 (ditto). See
BEWAIL
,
Note
(1).¶
Notes:
(1) Trench points out that
is often joined with
, “to weep,” 2
Sam. 19:1; Mark 16:10; Jas. 4:9; Rev. 18:15, indicating that
is used especially of
external manifestation of grief (as with
o and
), in contrast to
$
which
may be used of inward grief (
- !
Sec.xlv); though in Classical Greek
was used
of grief without violent manifestations (Grimm-Thayer). (2) Among the well-to-do it was
common to hire professional mourners (men and women), who accompanied the dead
body to the grave with formal music and the singing of dirges. At the death of Jairus’
daughter male flute players were present, Matt. 9:23 (see, however, Jer. 9:17).
B. Nouns.
1.
$
(
A $
, 3602), “lamentation, mourning,” is translated “mourning” in
Matt. 2:18 and 2 Cor. 7:7: see
BEWAIL
,
Note
(2).¶
2.
(
!
, 3997), akin to A, No. 2, “mourning,” is used in Jas. 4:9; Rev.
18:7 (twice),
RV
, “mourning” (
KJV
, “sorrow”); v. 8, “mourning”; 21:4,
RV
, “mourning”
(
KJV
, “sorrow”). See
SORROW
.¶
MOUTH
A. Noun.
(
, 4750), akin to
(which originally meant “a throat, gullet”), is
used (a) of “the mouth” of man, e.g., Matt. 15:11; of animals, e.g., Matt. 17:27; 2 Tim.
4:17 (figurative); Heb. 11:33; Jas. 3:3; Rev. 13:2 (2nd occurrence); (b) figuratively of
“inanimate things,” of the “edge” of a sword, Luke 21:24; Heb. 11:34; of the earth, Rev.
12:16; (c) figuratively, of the “mouth,” as the organ of speech, (1) of Christ’s words, e.g.,