talaiporeo describes a call to mourn and weep as joy is turned into dejection.

The attested use is a plural call to grieve within an appeal to lament, mourn, and weep as laughter and joy give way to mourning and dejection in James 4:9.

1. A call to mourn and weep · dominant

   In James 4:9, the aorist active plural form stands among commands to lament, mourn, and weep; the APB renders the surrounding appeal, “Lament and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.”

   James 4:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 4:9, the APB presents the clause through the clustered commands “Lament and mourn and weep.” Its precise English equivalent for this form cannot be isolated.