Bible Encyclopedia: Moan

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Greek

4727. stenazo -- to groan (within oneself)
... context). [This term "denotes feeling which is " (J. Mayor, 162), ie to sigh,
moan (groan) with frustration.]. Word Origin from steno ...
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4959. sustenazo -- to groan together
... lament, groan together. From sun and stenazo; to moan jointly, ie (figuratively)
experience a common calamity -- groan together. see GREEK sun. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1897. hagah -- to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
... hagah. 1898 . to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse. Transliteration: hagah Phonetic
Spelling: (daw-gaw') Short Definition: meditate. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5090b. nahag -- to moan, lament
... nahag. 5091 . to moan, lament. Transliteration: nahag Short Definition: moaning.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to moan, lament NASB Word Usage moaning ( ...
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7580. shaag -- to roar
... roars (4). mightily, roar. A primitive root; to rumble or moan -- X mightily,
roar. 7579, 7580. shaag. 7581 . Strong's Numbers.
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7581. sheagah -- a roaring
... roaring (3). roaring. From sha'ag; a rumbling or moan -- roaring. see HEBREW
sha'ag. 7580, 7581. sheagah. 7582 . Strong's Numbers.
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1993. hamah -- to murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
... "hum"); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan,
clamor -- clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved ...
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Library

A Mournful Exclamation and Lamentable Moan to God for the Small ...
... A mournful Exclamation and lamentable Moan to God for the Small Company of Souls
that arrive at Perfection, the Loving Union and the Divine Transformation. ...
/.../chap xxii a mournful exclamation.htm

How the Whole and the Sick are to be Admonished.
... unto aliens and thy years unto the cruel, lest haply strangers be filled with thy
wealth, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger, and thou moan at the ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xii how the whole.htm

A True Story
... But it was not cold, and it was not pain,. That made her shiver and moan again:
She ... know.". So the neighbour went, and she heard no moan,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/a true story.htm

Missed Ends
... The house door opened upon the verandah, and we could hear the moan of
the dirge. "There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter vi missed ends.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 15, "And He Said unto Them ...
... one to destroy the ungodly people, He first sent one to mark them, and said to him,
"Go and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and moan for the ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lvii on the words.htm

During These Various Changes in the Lives of those with whom He ...
... Varillo took his hand from his eyes and tossed himself back on his pillow with a
petulant moan. "Can they do nothing better for me than this?" he ejaculated. ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxxv during these various changes.htm

Of visions. The Graces Our Lord Bestowed on the Saint. The Answers ...
... It cannot even breathe; all it does is to moan"not loudly, because it cannot:
its moaning, however, comes from a keen sense of pain. 16. ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxix of visions the.htm

The Doctrines of Salvation A. Repentance. B. Faith. C. ...
... The Hebrew equivalent is even stronger, and means to pant, to sigh, to moan. So
the publican "beat upon his breast," indicating sorrow of heart. ...
/.../evans/the great doctrines of the bible/the doctrines of salvation a.htm

The Sermon of the Seasons
... Every morning when we wake we hope for a change of wind, a glimpse of the sun,
and the end of the frost; but still we moan with the poet". ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/the sermon of the seasons.htm

When Diamond Got Home He Found his Father at Home Already...
... They never had heard of the bogy To-morrow; But the mother sat outside, making
her moan"-. She'll soon have to beg, or steal, or borrow. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 23 when diamond got.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

2. (v. i.) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

3. (v. t.) To bewail audibly; to lament.

4. (v. t.) To afflict; to distress.

5. (n.) A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.

6. (n.) A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

Thesaurus

Moan (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
3. (vt) To bewail audibly; to lament. ...Moan (13 Occurrences). ...
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Complaint (29 Occurrences)
... See NAS). Psalms 55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my
complaint, and moan, (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS). Psalms 55:17 ...
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Doves (25 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice,
but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. ...
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Moaning (9 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Moan. ... Nahum 2:7 And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and
her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. ...
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Groan (32 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing;
to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. ...
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Stripped (62 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Micah 1:8 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped
and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls. ...
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Noise (126 Occurrences)
... confused noise" (Isaiah 9:5), "all the armor of the armed man in the tumult," margin
"every boot of the booted warrior"; for "make a noise," "moan" (Psalm 55:2 ...
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Noonday (13 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday,
will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice. (ASV). ...
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Owls (7 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Micah 1:8 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked;
I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls. ...
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Jackals (20 Occurrences)
... (BBE NIV). Micah 1:8 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked;
I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls. ...
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Bible Concordance

Moan (13 Occurrences)

Psalms 55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Psalms 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Psalms 77:3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah
(See JPS DBY RSV)

Psalms 90:9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 5:11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
(See JPS)

Isaiah 16:7 Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 38:14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."
(Root in WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 48:31 Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
(See JPS DBY NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 24:23 Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Joel 1:18 How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
(See NIV)

Micah 1:8 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
(WEB NIV)

Nahum 2:7 It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Moan

Related Terms

Complaint (29 Occurrences)

Doves (25 Occurrences)

Moaning (9 Occurrences)

Groan (32 Occurrences)

Stripped (62 Occurrences)

Noise (126 Occurrences)

Noonday (13 Occurrences)

Owls (7 Occurrences)

Jackals (20 Occurrences)