wail’ Jn 16:20; καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν ‘some women who were mourning and wailing for him’ Lk 23:27. For another interpretation of θρηνέω in Lk 23:27, see 52.2. Mourning and wailing for the dead are frequently expressed by a term very different from expressions employed in referring to events not involving death. ; πένθος, ους n: to experience sadness or grief as the result of depressing circumstances or the condition of persons—‘to be sad, to grieve
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