Weeping, mourning, the act of shedding tears — whether in grief, repentance, or desperate petition before God. In the Hebrew Bible, weeping is never weakness; it is a spiritual act that moves the heart of God.
Biblical weeping is not mere emotion — it is intercession. When Hannah wept (1 Sam 1:10), God answered with Samuel. When Israel wept at Bochim ('place of weeping'), it preceded repentance (Judg 2:4–5). Jesus wept at Lazarus' tomb (John 11:35), proving that grief and faith coexist. The Psalms teach that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Ps 30:5).