STRONGS G2355:
θρῆνος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
θρέομαι to cry aloud, to lament; cf. German
Thräne [(?), rather
drönen; Curtius § 317]),
a lamentation:
Matthew 2:18 Rec. (Sept; for
קִינָה, also
נְהִי;
O. T. Apocrypha; Homer, Pindar, Tragg., Xenophon, Ages. 10, 3; Plato, others.)
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