Doleful
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DOLEFUL

dol'-fool ('oach, "howling"): The "doleful creatures" referred to in Isaiah 13:21 are probably "jackals," although some have suggested "leopard," or "hyena." The older English Versions of the Bible gives "great owls." The word rendered "doleful lamentation" in Micah 2:4 (niheyah) is simply a form of the word ordinarily translated "wailing" (nehi). Compare the King James Version margin.

Strong's Hebrew
5093. nihyah -- a wailing, lamentation
... Word Origin from nahah Definition a wailing, lamentation NASB Word Usage bitter
(1). doleful. Feminine of nhiy; lamentation -- doleful. see HEBREW nhiy. ...
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255. oach -- owl
... doleful creature. Probably from 'ach; a howler or lonesome wild animal -- doleful
creature. see HEBREW 'ach. 254, 255. oach. 256 . Strong's Numbers.
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338. i -- a jackal
... Probably identical with 'iy (through the idea of a doleful sound); a howler (used
only in the plural), ie Any solitary wild creature; --wild beast of the ...
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Library

The Imagination.
... Hence it is that women endowed with this doleful gift have the sad privilege of
drawing around them persons of volatile minds and inconstant hearts. ...
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'de Profundis'
... It is a place of utter loneliness, where he sits like a sparrow on the housetop,
or a doleful bird in the desert, while God has put his lovers and friends away ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon viii de profundis.htm

Importance of the Time of Youth; Difficulties and Dangers that ...
... Many have received from sin that doleful experience, that premature craftiness,
which, far from enlightening the mind, obscures and blinds it,"which, far ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter i importance of the.htm

The Call of Abraham
... "It is so," said Abraham, "but God will help me on the way." "The end of
your journey may be doleful," they say. "No," caith Abraham ...
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The Sinner Seriously Urged and Entreated to Accept of Salvation in ...
... be reconciled to God," (2:Cor.5:20) and would not, after these awakenings and these
inquiries, by a madness which it will surely be the doleful business of a ...
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The Dayspring from on High
... And what shall I say about the third of the doleful triad of which this pregnant
emblem is the recognised symbol all the world over? ...
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Of Querulousness.
... Every man contributes his note to this doleful Harmony, and after all that God has
done to oblige and delight mankind, scare any man is satisfied enough, I ...
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Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ ...
... Lay then aside for a while thy doting vanities, and take the view with me of thy
doleful miseries; which duly surveyed, I doubt not but that thou wilt conclude ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations of the misery of.htm

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent
... And if you are Godless and Christless, ye have all in your veins the venom of that
death unutterable which will make your departure doleful beyond expression! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the mysteries of the brazen.htm

Humbly Inscribed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his ...
... And that in sorrow buried; this, in shame; While howling furies wring the doleful
knell; And Conscience, now so soft thou scarce canst hear 54. ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Doleful creatures: (occurring only Isaiah 13:21. Hebrews ochim, i.e., "shrieks;" hence "howling animals"), a general name for screech owls (howlets), which occupy the desolate palaces of Babylon. Some render the word "hyaenas."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(a.) Full of grief; melancholy; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Thesaurus
Doleful (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Doleful creatures: (occurring only Isaiah 13:21. Hebrews
ochim ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DOLEFUL. dol'-fool ...
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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... bark" (of dogs, wolves, or jackals); 'ibn 'awa', colloquially wawi, "jackal." (3)
tsiyim, "wild beasts of the desert." (4) 'ochim, "doleful creatures." "Jackals ...
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Owls (7 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall ...
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Wild-cats (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild ...
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Ferrets (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild ...
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Removes (7 Occurrences)
... Micah 2:4 In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with
a doleful lamentation, and say: 'We are utterly ruined; he changeth the portion ...
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Exchanges (2 Occurrences)
... Micah 2:4 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament
with a doleful lamentation, saying,'We are utterly ruined! ...
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Dolphin

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Divides (9 Occurrences)
... Micah 2:4 In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with
a doleful lamentation, and say: 'We are utterly ruined; he changeth the portion ...
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Dole (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance
Doleful (2 Occurrences)

Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Micah 2:4 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

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