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Lamentations 5

Lam. 5:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The joy
masows (Hebrew #4885)
delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
KJV usage: joy, mirth, rejoice.
Pronounce: maw-soce'
Origin: from 7797
of our heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is ceased
shabath (Hebrew #7673)
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Pronounce: shaw-bath'
Origin: a primitive root
; our dance
machowl (Hebrew #4234)
a (round) dance
KJV usage: dance(-cing).
Pronounce: maw-khole'
Origin: from 2342
is turned
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
into mourning
'ebel (Hebrew #60)
lamentation
KJV usage: mourning.
Pronounce: ay'-bel
Origin: from 56
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Dance,
Heart,
Mourning

Cross References

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our dance.
Psa. 30:11• 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; (Psa. 30:11)
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Amos 6:4‑7• 4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;
 5that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;
 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
 7Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away. (Amos 6:4‑7)
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Amos 8:10• 10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (Amos 8:10)
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James 4:9‑10• 9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you. (James 4:9‑10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.