Verb thrēneō (to wail) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

11: 17'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed (thrēneō), and you did not mourn.'

Luke

7: 32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed (thrēneō), and you did not weep.'
23: 27A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing (thrēneō) for him.

John

16: 20Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail (thrēneō), but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.