ἐπιφωνέω

κραυγάζω kraugázō · G2905 · to shout, to scream

The target term ἐπιφωνέω and κραυγάζω (“to clamor”) both denote loud vocal expression; the target emphasizes an exclamatory response directed at something specific, while κραυγάζω denotes clamoring more generally — a real difference in directionality within their shared sense of shouting.

κράζω krázō · G2896 · to shout, to scream

Both verbs denote loud vocal outcry or exclamation. κράζω typically conveys more visceral, urgent shrieking or screaming (as of ravens or persons in distress), while ἐπιφωνέω focuses on directed calling out or shouting toward something. The terms overlap in contexts of public exclamation but differ in intensity and directedness.

ἀνακράζω anakrázō · G349 · to shout, to scream

Both terms denote loud, forceful vocal outburst. ἀνακράζω emphasizes the intensity or upward direction of screaming aloud, while ἐπιφωνέω focuses on exclaiming or calling out at something, often in public or declarative contexts.

To cry out, to shout, to call out, to speak loudly33.77

In Luke 23:21, the crowd before Pilate “kept on crying out, saying, ‘Crucify, crucify Him!'” — a loud, repeated shouting.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.