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lamentation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii 18. 2. pl (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lamentation n : a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {plaint}, {wail}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
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