Definition and Usage:
The term "grieve" in the Bible is often associated with deep sorrow, distress, or emotional pain. It can refer to the feelings of humans as well as the response of God to human sinfulness. The concept of grieving is significant in understanding the relational dynamics between God and humanity, as well as interpersonal relationships among people.

Biblical References:

1. Human Grief:
Grief is a common human experience depicted throughout the Scriptures. It is often associated with loss, suffering, or the consequences of sin. In the Old Testament, Job is a quintessential example of a person who experiences profound grief due to the loss of his children, wealth, and health. Job 2:13 describes his friends sitting with him in silence, "for they saw that his pain was very great."

2. Grieving the Holy Spirit:
The New Testament warns believers not to grieve the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:30 states, "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." This passage highlights the personal nature of the Holy Spirit and the impact of sin and disobedience on the divine relationship.

3. God's Grief:
The Bible also portrays God as experiencing grief, particularly in response to human sin and rebellion. In Genesis 6:6 , it is written, "And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart." This anthropomorphic expression illustrates God's deep sorrow over the wickedness of humanity before the flood.

4. Expressions of Grief:
The Bible provides numerous examples of how grief is expressed. Mourning rituals, such as wearing sackcloth and ashes, fasting, and weeping, are common. In 2 Samuel 1:11-12 , David and his men mourn the deaths of Saul and Jonathan: "Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword."

5. Comfort in Grief:
The Bible offers comfort and hope to those who grieve. In the Beatitudes, Jesus declares, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" (Matthew 5:4). This promise of divine comfort is a recurring theme, assuring believers of God's presence and solace in times of sorrow.

Theological Implications:

Grief in the biblical context is not merely an emotional response but is deeply tied to the spiritual condition of humanity and the relational aspect of God's nature. The grieving of the Holy Spirit serves as a reminder of the sanctity of the believer's walk with God and the importance of living in obedience and holiness. Furthermore, God's grief over sin underscores His righteousness and the seriousness with which He views human rebellion.

Practical Application:

Believers are encouraged to be sensitive to the ways in which their actions and attitudes may grieve the Holy Spirit. This involves a commitment to living a life that reflects the character of Christ, marked by love, purity, and obedience. Additionally, Christians are called to support and comfort those who are grieving, reflecting God's compassion and care in their interactions with others.1. (n.) Alt. of Greeve.

2. (v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

3. (v. t.) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.

4. (v. i.) To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.

GRIEF; GRIEVE

gref, grev: There are some 20 Hebrew words translated in the King James Version by "grief," "grieve," "to be grieved," etc. Among the chief are chalah, choli, yaghon, ka`ac, atsabh. They differ, partly, in their physical origin, and partly, in the nature and cause of the feeling expressed. the Revised Version (British and American) in several instances gives effect to this.

(1) Chalah, choli express the sense of weakness, sickness, pain (e.g. Samson, in Judges 16:7, 11, 17, "Then shall I become weak (chalah), and be as another man"); Isaiah 17:11 the King James Version, "a heap in the day of grief"; Isaiah 53:3, 1, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief," "He hath borne our griefs" (choli), the Revised Version, margin Hebrew "sickness, sicknesses"; 53:10, "He hath put him to grief," the Revised Version, margin "made him sick" (chalah) (translated by Dillmann and others, "to crush him incurably"; compare Micah 6:13 Nahum 3:19); yaghon, perhaps from the pain and weariness of toil (Psalm 31:10), "For my life is spent with grief," the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow"; "The Lord added grief to my sorrow," the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow to my pain" (Jeremiah 45:3); ka`ac implies provocation, anger, irritation; thus Hannah said to Eli (the King James Version), "Out of the abundance of my complaint and my grief (the Revised Version (British and American) "provocation") have I spoken" (1 Samuel 1:16). Psalm 6:7; Psalm 31:9, "grief"; Proverbs 17:25, "A foolish son is a grief to his father" (i.e. source of provocation; the same word is rendered "wrath" in 12:16, the King James Version "a fool's wrath," the Revised Version (British and American) "vexation"; so also Proverbs 27:3); Job 6:2, "Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed," the Revised Version (British and American) "Oh that my vexation were but weighed" (in 5:2 the King James Version the same word is translated "wrath," the Revised Version (British and American) "vexation"); ke'ebh, is "sorrow," "pain," properly "to hurt." It occurs in Job 2:13 "His grief (the Revised Version, margin "or pain") was very great"; also 16:6 the Revised Version (British and American), "grief"; makh'obh "sorrows," "pain," "suffering" (2 Chronicles 6:29, the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrow"; Psalm 69:26, the Revised Version, margin "or pain"; Isaiah 53:3, "a man of sorrows"; 53:4, "Surely he hath carried our sorrows"); marah and marar indicate "bitterness" (Genesis 26:35; Genesis 49:23 1 Samuel 30:6 Ruth 1:13 Proverbs 14:10, "The heart knoweth its own bitterness, marah); puqah implies staggering, or stumbling, only in 1 Samuel 25:31, "This shall be no grief unto thee," the Revised Version, margin Hebrew "cause of staggering"; ra` (a common word for "evil") denotes an evil, a calamity, only once in the King James Version translated "grief," namely, of Jonah's gourd, "to deliver him from his grief," the Revised Version (British and American) "from his evil case" (Jonah 4:6); yara`, "to be evil," Deuteronomy 15:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "Thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him" (also 1 Samuel 1:8 Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 13:8; several times translated "grievous"); charah, "to burn," "to be wroth" (e.g. Genesis 4:6, "Why art thou wroth?"), is translated "grieved" in Genesis 45:5, and 1 Samuel 15:11 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "Samuel was wroth"); the same word is often used of the kindling of anger; la'ah, "to be weary," "tired," "faint" (Proverbs 26:15), the King James Version "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," the Revised Version (British and American) "wearieth"; also Job 4:2; atsabh, "to grieve," "to be vexed," occurs in Genesis 6:6; Genesis 34:7; Genesis 45:5, etc.; Psalm 78:40, "How oft did they. grieve him in the desert." Of other words sometimes translated "grief" may be mentioned quT, "to weary of," "to loathe" (Psalm 95:10), "Forty long years was I grieved with that generation"; in 119:158; 139:21, the Revised Version, margin "loathe"; chamets, implying to be bitterly or violently moved, sour (often translated "leavened"), only in Psalm 73:21, the Revised Version (British and American) "For my soul was grieved," margin, Hebrew "was in a ferment."

(2) In the New Testament "grief," "grieve," etc., are infrequent. The commonest words are lupe (1 Peter 2:19), the Revised Version (British and American) "griefs," elsewhere translated "sorrow"; lupeo, "to grieve," "afflict" (Mark 10:22, the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrowful"; John 21:17 "Peter was grieved"; Romans 14:15 2 Corinthians 2:4, the Revised Version (British and American) "made sorry"; 2:5, "caused sorrow"; Ephesians 4:30, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God"); diaponeomai, literally, "to labor through," "to grieve self" occurs twice (Acts 4:2; Acts 16:18 the Revised Version (British and American) "sore troubled"); stenazo, "to groan, or sigh," once only translated "grief" (Hebrews 13:17), the Revised Version, margin "groaning"; prosochthizo, "to be indignant," etc., twice (Hebrews 3:10, 17, the Revised Version (British and American) "displeased"). The reference is to Psalm 95:10, where the Septuagint by this Greek word translates quT (see above).

The less frequency in the New Testament of words denoting "grief" is significant. Christ came "to comfort all that mourn-to give a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Christians, however, cannot but feel sorrow and be moved by grief, and it is to be noted that in both the Old Testament and New Testament, God Himself is said to be susceptible to grief.

W. L. Walker

3076. lupeo -- to distress, to grieve
... to distress, to grieve. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lupeo Phonetic Spelling:
(loo-peh'-o) Short Definition: I pain, grieve, vex Definition: I pain ...
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23. aganakteo -- to grieve much, hence to be indignant
... to grieve much, hence to be indignant. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aganakteo
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-an-ak-teh'-o) Short Definition: I am angry, am ...
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3996. pentheo -- to mourn, lament
... feel guilt. 3996 -- properly, grieve over a ; (figuratively) to grieve
over a personal hope (relationship) that , ie (""). 3996 ...
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524. apalgeo -- to cease to feel pain for
... to become callous, apathetic. From apo and algeo (to smart); to grieve out, ie Become
apathetic -- be past feeling. see GREEK apo. (apelgekotes) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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3600. odunao -- to cause or suffer pain
... sorrow, torment. From odune; to grieve -- sorrow, torment. see GREEK odune. (odunasai)
-- 1 Occurrence. (odunomai) -- 1 Occurrence. (odunomenoi) -- 2 Occurrences ...
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2805. klauthmos -- weeping
... lamentation, crying. Cognate: 2805 (from 2799 , "to grieve audibly") -- grief
that springs from feeling utterly hopeless. 2805 ("wailing ...
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109. adab -- to grieve
... adab. 110 . to grieve. Transliteration: adab Phonetic Spelling: (aw-dab') Short
Definition: grieve. ... root Definition to grieve NASB Word Usage grieve (1). grieve ...
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6087. atsab -- to hurt, pain, grieve
... 6086, 6087. atsab. 6087a . to hurt, pain, grieve. Transliteration: atsab
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tsab') Short Definition: displease. ...
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6088. atsab -- to pain, grieve
... 6087b, 6088. atsab. 6089 . to pain, grieve. Transliteration: atsab Phonetic
Spelling: (ats-ab') Short Definition: troubled. Word ...
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6087a. atsab -- to hurt, pain, grieve
... 6087, 6087a. atsab. 6087b . to hurt, pain, grieve. Transliteration: atsab
Short Definition: grieved. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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3013. yagah -- to suffer
... to suffer. Transliteration: yagah Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-gaw') Short Definition:
grieve. Word Origin a prim. ... afflict, cause grief, grieve, sorrowful, vex. ...
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2734. charah -- to burn or be kindled with anger
... angry (1), zealously (1). be angry, burn, be displeased, earnestly, fret
self, grieve, be wax hot, be incensed,. A primitive root ...
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3811. laah -- to be weary or impatient
... faint, grieve, loathe, be, make weary selves. A primitive root; to tire;
(figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted -- faint, grieve ...
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5701. agam -- to be grieved
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be grieved NASB Word Usage grieved (1). grieve.
A primitive root; to be sad -- grieve. 5700b, 5701. agam. 5702 . ...
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7114. qatsar -- to be short
... cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, loathe, mourn, reaper,
A primitive root; to dock off, ie Curtail (transitive or ...
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56. abal -- to mourn
... root Definition to mourn NASB Word Usage caused lamentations (1), grieve (1), grieved
(1), lament (1), mourn (13), mourned (7), mourning (3), mourns (10 ...
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Whether it is Expedient to Grieve for Sin Continually?
... OF THE TIME FOR CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES) Whether it is expedient to grieve for
sin continually? ... Therefore it is not expedient to grieve for sin continually. ...
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Ah! Grieve not So.
... AH! GRIEVE NOT SO. AH! GRIEVE NOT SO. 8,6,8,6,8,8. "Godliness with contentment
is great gain.""1:Tim.6:6. "Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr.". ...
/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/ah grieve not so.htm

Whether Angels Grieve for the Ills of those whom they Guard?
... OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE GOOD ANGELS (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether angels
grieve for the ills of those whom they guard? Objection 1 ...
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That we must not Grieve the Holy Spirit, whom we have Received.
... Third Book. 7. That we must not grieve the Holy Spirit, whom we have received.
Paul the apostle to the Ephesians: "Grieve not the ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/7 that we must not.htm

That the Perfect Lover of God had Liever Run into Great Pain than ...
... BOOK I CHAPTER VIII THAT THE PERFECT LOVER OF GOD HAD LIEVER RUN INTO GREAT PAIN
THAN BY SIN ONCE GRIEVE GOD: AND WHY GOD TORMENTS THE RIGHTEOUS BY THE WICKED. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter viii that the perfect.htm

Of the Perturbations of the Soul which Appear as Right Affections ...
... and sound doctrine, the citizens of the holy city of God, who live according to
God in the pilgrimage of this life, both fear and desire, and grieve and rejoice ...
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Sixteenth Day. Grief at Sin.
... to Jesus"(what intensity of emotion does it denote, spoken of a sinless
nature!)""He looked round on them with anger!" Never did He grieve for Himself. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the mind of jesus/sixteenth day grief at sin.htm

Of the Observance of Days Connected with Idolatry.
... "To rejoice with the rejoicing, and grieve with the grieving," [255] is said
about brethren by the apostle when exhorting to unanimity. ...
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Why is It, that Man Desires to be Made Sad...
... for the auditor is not called on to relieve, but only to grieve: and he applauds
the actor of these fictions the more, the more he grieves. ...
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Book Three the Story of his Student Days in Carthage, his ...
... The spectator is not expected to aid the sufferer but merely to grieve for him.
And the more he grieves the more he applauds the actor of these fictions. ...
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Grieve (29 Occurrences)
... to try. 3. (vt) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. 4. (vi ... Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. GRIEF; GRIEVE. gref, grev: There are ...
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Grief (252 Occurrences)
... GRIEF; GRIEVE. gref, grev: There are some 20 Hebrew words translated in the
King James Version by "grief," "grieve," "to be grieved," etc. ...
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Yearn (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To pain; to grieve; to vex. 2. (vi) To be pained
or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. 3. (vi & t.) To curdle, as milk. ...
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Rue (1 Occurrence)
... (see MINT.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To lament; to regret extremely;
to grieve over; as to rue the day.... ... 4. (vt) To cause to grieve; to afflict. ...
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Condole (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy;
as, to condole with a widow. 2. (vt) To lament or grieve over. ...
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Grieved (87 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Grieve. ... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). 2 Corinthians 2:2 For if I grieve
you, who also is it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me? ...
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Mourn (87 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve;
to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. ...
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Vigour (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 2:33 And the man of thine whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall
be to cause thine eyes to fail and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase ...
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Uninformed (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning
those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have ...
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Longer (373 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). Luke 21:28 But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no
longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near." (WEY). ...
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