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θρηνέω

Strong’s: G2354

Associated OET lemmas: θρηνέω

Notes: It is possible that θρηνέω[a] should be classified only in Domain 52 Funerals and Burial, in view of the fact that θρηνέω[a] may in many contexts suggest a formal type of ritual expression.; ὀδυρμός (52.3: ὀδυρμός) apparently differs in meaning from θρηνέω[c] (52.2: θρηνέω) in being less institutionalized and focusing somewhat more upon the wailing at funerals, while θρηνέω[b] denotes the singing of a dirge (see 33.115: θρηνέω). See also 33.116: θρῆνος and 25.141: θρηνέω. The meanings in Domain 52 differ in that they reflect ritualized wailing.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: θροέομαι

Sense 1: to wail, to lament

Semantic entry: 25.141

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Laugh, Cry, Groan

Definition: to weep or cry, especially in mourning for the dead{N:001}

Notes: For another interpretation of θρηνέω in RV LUK 23:27 · LV LUK 23:27 · Read together LUK 23:27, see 52.2: θρηνέω.|Mourning and wailing for the dead are frequently expressed by a term very different from expressions employed in referring to events not involving death.

LUK 23:27: RV LUK 23:27 · LV LUK 23:27 · Read together LUK 23:27

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OET-RV LUK 23:27

27 Following along behind them, was a large crowd of people including women who were wailing for Yeshua and chanting sad songs,

OET-LV LUK 23:27

27 And a_great multitude of _the people was _following with _him, and of _women who were _mourning and were _lamenting him.

JHN 16:20: RV JHN 16:20 · LV JHN 16:20 · Read together JHN 16:20

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OET-RV JHN 16:20

20 I can assure you that you’ll be weeping and mourning but the world will be elated. You’ll be upset but then your upset will turn into happiness.

OET-LV JHN 16:20

20 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you _all that you _all will _be _weeping and will _be _lamenting, but the world will _be _being _elated, you _all will _be _being _sorrowed, but the sorrow of _you _all will _be _becoming to joy.

Sense 2: to sing funeral songs, to chant a dirge

Semantic entry: 33.115

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Sing, Lament

Definition: to sing or chant expressions of mourning

MAT 11:17: RV MAT 11:17 · LV MAT 11:17 · Read together MAT 11:17

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OET-RV MAT 11:17

17 and saying, ‘We played lively music for you but you didn’t dance. Then we played sad music, but you didn’t mourn.’

OET-LV MAT 11:17

17 are _saying:
We _played _the _flute for _you _all and you _all_ not _danced, we _lamented and you _all_ not _mourn.

LUK 7:32: RV LUK 7:32 · LV LUK 7:32 · Read together LUK 7:32

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OET-RV LUK 7:32

32 They’re like little children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other, ‘We played the flute for you all but you didn’t dance, then we played a sad song but you all didn’t weep.’

OET-LV LUK 7:32

32 They _are similar to _little _children sitting which in the_marketplace, and calling _out to _one _another, who is _saying:
We _played _the _flute for _you _all and you _all_ not _danced, we _lamented and you _all_ not _wept.

Sense 3: to wail, to lament

Semantic entry: 52.2

Semantic domains: Funerals and Burial

Definition: to wail and lament for the dead, implying a ritualized form of mourning at funerals{N:002}

Notes: For another interpretation of θρηνέω in RV LUK 23:27 · LV LUK 23:27 · Read together LUK 23:27, see 25.141: θρηνέω.

LUK 23:27: RV LUK 23:27 · LV LUK 23:27 · Read together LUK 23:27

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OET-RV LUK 23:27

27 Following along behind them, was a large crowd of people including women who were wailing for Yeshua and chanting sad songs,

OET-LV LUK 23:27

27 And a_great multitude of _the people was _following with _him, and of _women who were _mourning and were _lamenting him.