What does "Tears" mean in the Bible?
Allusion is supposed to be made in Ps 56:8 to an ancient custom, which was preserved among the Romans, of collecting the falling tears of mourners at funerals and putting them into a bottle or urn, called a "lachrymatory." or "tear-bottle." The vessel was afterward fixed upon the sepulchres of the dead, thus seeming to preserve a memorial of the affection and grief of the survivors. Tears appears in 19 verses across 8 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Tears?
TEARS. Allusion is supposed to be made in Ps 56:8 to an ancient custom, which was preserved among the Romans, of collecting the falling tears of mourners at funerals and putting them into a bottle or urn, called a "lachrymatory." or "tear-bottle." The vessel was afterward fixed upon the sepulchres of the dead, thus seeming to preserve a memorial of the affection and grief of the survivors.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Tears?
Where does Tears appear in the Bible?
Tears is referenced in 19 verses across 8 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 2 Kings 20:5
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
- Ezekiel 24:16
- Isaiah 25:8
- Isaiah 38:5
- Jeremiah 9:1
- Jeremiah 9:18
- Jeremiah 13:17
- Jeremiah 14:17
- Jeremiah 31:16
- Lamentations 1:2
- Lamentations 2:18
- Malachi 2:13
- Psalms 6:6
- Psalms 42:3
- Psalms 56:8
- Psalms 80:5
- Psalms 116:8
- Psalms 126:5
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Tears.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Tears?
Tears appears in 19 verses across 8 books, most often in Psalms, which accounts for 6 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Tears?
Psalms, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Lamentations, 2 Kings, Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel, Malachi.
Where can I read every verse about Tears?
This page lists 19 of them. Protos carries all 19, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
