Lamentations Word Search
Free Lamentations word search. We picked 12 themed words — the people, places, and objects of the Old and New Testaments — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: JERUSALEM, ZION, JUDAH, EDOM, TEARS, ASHES, DUST, SACKCLOTH, GATES, WALLS, STONES, BREAD.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Lamentations word list, defined
- TEARS /tɪəz/ (British) or /tɪrz/ (American) for the noun and the verb meaning to cause the eyes to water; /teəz/ (British) or /terz/ (American) for the verb meaning to rip or rend. · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- As a plural noun, tears are drops of the clear, salty liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands to lubricate and protect the eyes; figuratively, they are an expression of sadness or strong emotion. As a verb form, tears means to rip or rend forcefully, or to cause the eyes to produce tears. Related: teardrops, weeping, lamentations, rips.
- ASHES /ˈæʃɪz/ · noun
- The powdery gray residue left after something, especially a fire or a body in cremation, has burned completely. Related: cinders, embers, soot, char.
- DUST /dʌst/ · noun (also verb)
- A fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth, organic matter, or other material that settles on surfaces or is carried in the air. Related: grime, powder, soot, dirt.
- SACKCLOTH /ˈsæk.klɒθ/ (British English); /ˈsæk.kloʊθ/ (American English) · noun
- A coarse, heavy fabric traditionally made from hemp or jute, used for making sacks and, by extension, worn as a garment expressing mourning, penitence, or humiliation. Related: sacking, burlap, hessian, coarse cloth.
- GATES /geɪts/ · noun
- A structure of wood, metal, or other material, serving as an entrance to a place, or a barrier to control access. A series of such structures, especially in a wall or fence. Related: entrance, portal, gateway, barrier.
- WALLS /wɔːlz/ · noun and verb
- Walls are solid structures that form the sides of buildings or enclose, divide, or protect an area. The word can also refer figuratively to barriers between people, groups, ideas, or experiences; as a verb, walls means to enclose or close off something with a wall. Related: barriers, partitions, boundaries, enclosures.
- STONES /stoʊnz/ (US); /stəʊnz/ (British) · noun and verb
- As a plural noun, stones refers to individual pieces or lumps of rock, or to stones collectively. As a third-person singular present-tense verb, it means to punish or attack someone by throwing stones at them. Related: rocks, pebbles, boulders, cobbles.
- BREAD /brɛd/ · noun
- A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with water and yeast, baked into loaves or flat shapes. Informally, it also means money or a livelihood. Related: loaf, staff of life, sustenance, dough.
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