קוּן qûwn

Hebrew · Strong's H6969 · pronounced koon · used 8 times in 6 verses

Meaning

to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)

In the King James Version: lament, mourning woman.

Derivation: a primitive root;

2 Samuel 1:17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 3:33 And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
2 Chronicles 35:25 Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
Jeremiah 9:17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Ezekiel 27:32 As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
Ezekiel 32:16 This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”