H8386 תַּאֲנִיָּה (taʼănîyâh) tah-an-ee-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

mourning

Strong's Definition

lamentation

Derivation: from H578 (אָנָה);

KJV Usage: heaviness, mourning.

TWOT Reference: 124b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mourning, grieving

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּאֲנִיָּה (ta.a.niy.yah) — mourning. mourning, grieving

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּאֲנִיָּה (H8386)

noun f · אנה

Grieve | ≈ אֲנִיָּה

mourning = state of deep sorrow and grief; ◄ caused by the death of a relative or friend or by other tragic circumstances

ISA 29:2 · LAM 2:5

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲנִיָּה n.f. mourning base

Bible Occurrences (2)

29:2

2:5

Isaiah 29:2

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.