H6969: קוּן
qûwn · pronounced koon · “to chant”
Definition
to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
KJV translates it as: lament, mourning woman.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Polel) to lament
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6969 is translated
- he lamented ×2
- they will chant ×2
- he made a lament ×1
- wailing women ×1
- they will lament ×1
- it ×1
Bible verses with H6969 (qûwn)
Qûwn appears in 6 verses.
- 2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
- 2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
And 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 9:17
Thus 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 27:32
And 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 32:16
This 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.