Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to wail
Usage: (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling
Strong's Number
H3213
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
28
Books
9
Strong's H3213 Quick Answer
Strong's H3213 יָלַל (yalal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yalal (yaw-lal') v. 1. to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) [a primitive root] It has 28 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include howl and howled. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- yalal (yaw-lal') v. 1. to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) [a primitive root]
- Usage
- 28 linked usages
- Books
- 9 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- howl and howled
Meaning and Definition
yalal (yaw-lal') v. 1. to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) [a primitive root] KJV: (make to) howl, be howling.
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3213. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H3213 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yalal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Howl
Isaiah 13:6
26×
howled
Hosea 7:14
How Strong's H3213 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H3213 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H3213 in the Old Testament
28 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Usage Excerpts
First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3213.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3213, grouped by book.
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H3213 FAQ
What does yalal (יָלַל) mean?
Yalal (Strong's H3213) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be howling". yalal (yaw-lal') v. 1. to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) [a primitive root]
How many times is yalal (יָלַל) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H3213 across 9 books.
Where can I study yalal (יָלַל) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3213 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate yalal (יָלַל)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as howl and howled. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.