The physical act of shedding tears as the result of sadness or joy or in recognition of sin.

Genesis 23:2

Weeping in personal grief

Psalms 42:3
Revelation 5:4

See also

Genesis 27:38; 37:35
Judges 11:37
Ruth 1:9
1 Samuel 1:8; 20:41
2 Samuel 3:16; 13:19; 15:30; 18:33
2 Kings 8:11; 13:14; 20:3
Job 16:16,20

David weeps for Absalom

Psalms 39:12; 56:8; 102:9
John 11:33; 20:11
Deuteronomy 34:8

Weeping in shared grief

Psalms 137:1

See also

Numbers 14:1
1 Samuel 11:4-5; 20:41; 30:4
2 Samuel 1:12
2 Samuel 1:24; 3:34
Job 2:12

David and his men mourn for Saul and Jonathan

Psalms 80:4-5
Isaiah 15:2-3; 33:7
Mark 5:38
Acts 21:13
Matthew 26:75

Weeping in personal remorse over failure and sin

See also

pp Mk 14:72

1 Samuel 2:33

pp Lk 22:62

Luke 7:38
Hebrews 12:17
Nehemiah 8:9

Weeping in group response to sin

Jeremiah 3:21
James 5:1

See also

Numbers 25:6
Deuteronomy 1:45
Judges 20:26; 21:2
Ezra 3:12-13
Isaiah 22:12-13
Jeremiah 25:34; 31:9; 50:4

the people's response to the rebuilding of the temple

Lamentations 1:2; 2:18
Joel 2:12
Amos 5:16-17; 8:10
Zechariah 12:10-11
Matthew 8:12
Psalms 119:136

Weeping in response to others' sin and judgment

Jeremiah 13:17
2 Corinthians 2:4

See also

Ezra 10:1
Nehemiah 1:4
Isaiah 16:9
Jeremiah 9:1; 14:17; 22:10
Lamentations 1:16; 3:48
Ezekiel 27:31
Micah 1:8
Luke 19:41
Luke 23:28
Acts 20:31

Jesus Christ weeps over Jerusalem

Philippians 3:18
Revelation 18:15-16
Isaiah 16:9

Divine weeping

John 11:35

Jesus Christ's weeping

See also

Hebrews 5:7
Genesis 29:11; 42:24; 45:14-15

Weeping for joy

Malachi 2:13

False weeping

Psalms 126:5-6

Comfort promised to those who weep

Revelation 21:4

See also

Psalms 30:5; 116:8
Isaiah 25:8; 30:19; 65:19
Jeremiah 31:16
Luke 6:21
John 16:20

See also

3248 Holy Spirit, conviction
5398 loss
5419 mourning
5795 bereavement
5801 brokenness
5805 comfort
5938 sadness
5952 sorrow
6227 regret
6624 confession of sin
6732 repentance