H7015 קִינָה (qîynâh) kee-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dirge

Strong's Definition

a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)

Derivation: from H6969 (קוּן);

KJV Usage: lamentation.

TWOT Reference: 2018a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lamentation, dirge, elegy

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2354

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קִינָה (qi.nah) — dirge. lamentation, dirge, elegy

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קִינָה (H7015 · H7016)

noun f · קין

Sing | ≈ אֵבֶל · בְּכִי · הֶגֶה · הִי · נְהִי · קנן | ≠ שִׁיר

lament, dirge = a sung dirge or lament at the death of a loved one; ◄ death of a friend or family member; ► expression of loss at one's death

2SA 1:17 · 2CH 35:25 · 2CH 35:25 · JER 7:29 · JER 9:9 · JER 9:19 · EZK 2:10 · EZK 19:1 · EZK 19:14 · EZK 19:14 · EZK 26:17 · EZK 27:2 · EZK 27:32 · EZK 28:12 · EZK 32:2 · EZK 32:16 · AMO 5:1 · AMO 8:10

name · קֵינִי

Names of Locations

Kinah = town; ◄ located on the southern border of the territory of Judah; possibly related to the Kenites

JOS 15:22

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִינָה n.f. elegy, dirge base

Bible Occurrences (16)

1:17

35:25

7:29 9:10 9:20

2:10 19:1 19:14 26:17 27:2 27:32 28:12 32:2 32:16

5:1 8:10

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David took up this lament for Saul... and his son Jonathan,

2 Chronicles 35:25

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.

Jeremiah 9:10

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

Jeremiah 9:20

Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

Ezekiel 2:10

which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it [were] words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

Ezekiel 19:1

As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

Ezekiel 19:14

Fire has gone out from its main branch... and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter. This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.