Strong's Concordance
Original word: קוּן
Transliteration: qonen
Definition (short): chant
Definition (full): to strike a, musical note, chant, wail
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: denominative verb from qinah
Definition: to chant an elegy or dirge
NASB Translation: chant (3), chanted (2), chanted a lament (1), lament (1), mourning women (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to strike a musical note, i.e. Chant or wail (at a funeral) -- lament, mourning woman.
References
KJV:
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
NASB:
Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,
KJV:
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
NASB:
The king chanted a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
KJV:
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.
NASB:
Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.
KJV:
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:
NASB:
Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!
KJV:
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?
NASB:
"Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?