Words the Bible translates as cry
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 17 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- bakhahבָּכָהto weep: to shed tears aloud, the body's open response to grief, pain, longing, or relief.
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
- kraugēκραυγήa loud outcry: the raised, carrying voice of someone shouting rather than speaking
- tsa'aqצָעַקto cry out: to call aloud in distress, alarm, or urgent appeal for help
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- to be summoned together: to be called out and rallied as a group, especially for battle
- rinnahרִנָּהa ringing cry: a loud, high, resounding shout that carries far, raised in glad celebration or in urgent pleading
- tsa'aqahצְעָקָהa loud outcry: the desperate, involuntary cry of a person in pain, terror, or under injustice, calling out to be heard and helped
- shavaשָׁוַעto cry out for help: to call aloud and urgently to be rescued from trouble
- ze'aqahזְעָקָהa loud outcry: the piercing cry that pain, terror, or wrong forces out of a person, aimed at someone who can help
- shavahשַׁוְעָהa cry for help: the urgent shout of someone in trouble, normally raised to God and carrying the expectation that he will hear and rescue
- kraugazōκραυγάζωto cry out loudly: to shout or clamor, often with a raucous, insistent voice
- tsaraḥצָרַחto crynot studied yet
- shu'aשׁוּעַcrynot studied yet
- yavavיָבַבto crynot studied yet
- shevaשֶׁוַעto crynot studied yet
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