Strong’s H6969 · Hebrew
קוּן
qûwn · koon
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
In the King James Version lament, mourning woman.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Samuel 1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
- 2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
- 2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Jeremiah 9:17Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
- Ezekiel 27:32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
- Ezekiel 32:16This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.