κραυγή
kraugḗ · G2906 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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cry, shout, scream
The sound of a loud scream or shout
ExamplesMatthew 25:6 “But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.’
Luke 1:42 And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Acts 23:9 And a great uproar occurred; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and started arguing heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
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to weep, to wail, to lament, weeping, crying
To weep or wail, with emphasis upon the noise accompanying the weeping
ExamplesHebrews 5:7 In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.
Revelation 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- μέγαςgreat, large 2
- ἰσχυρόςstrong, mighty 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 2
- αἴρωto take up, to take away, to carry 1
- εἰμίto be 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μετάwith, after 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- κλαυθμός klauthmós · G2805 · to weep, to wail, to lament
- Both terms occur in crying and lamentation contexts. κλαυθμός specifically denotes weeping or lamentation, while κραυγή denotes a loud outcry or shout that may express grief but also occurs in non-grief contexts such as tumult or urgent notification.
In the other Testament 4 words
- זַעַק zaʻaq · H2201 · cry, outcry, shouting
- Hebrew זַעַק (zaʻaq, H2201) ('cry(-ing)') is the Septuagint's frequent lexical equivalent for Greek κραυγή (kraugḗ, G2906), both denoting a loud outcry or cry, whether in distress, tumult, or appeal.
- צַעֲקָה tsaʻăqâh · H6818 · outcry
- Hebrew צַעֲקָה (tsaʻăqâh, H6818) denotes a cry or outcry in distress contexts, rendering Greek κραυγή (kraugḗ, G2906) which specifies an outcry in notification, tumult, or grief — both terms refer to loud vocal expressions of distress or alarm, with the Greek term slightly broader in situational scope.
- תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh · H8643 · shout, cry, call
- Greek κραυγή denotes outcry in contexts of tumult, grief, or urgent notification; Hebrew תְּרוּעָה primarily denotes alarm-shouts, trumpet blasts, and jubilant shouting, particularly in military or liturgical settings—the overlap occurs where loud communal outcry accompanies tumult or celebratory events.
- שַׁוְעָה shavʻâh · H7775 · cry for help
- Greek κραυγή and Hebrew שַׁוְעָה both denote a loud cry or outcry, translating the same semantic field of urgent vocal expression (whether in distress, alarm, or tumult).
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To weep, to wail, to lament, weeping, crying25.138
- κραυγή can name a cry of distress or lament. Hebrews 5:7 describes Christ's own prayers “offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death,” the κραυγῆς naming this loud crying of His prayer.
- Cry, shout, scream33.84
- The same word can also name a general shout or outcry. Matthew 25:6 has the parable recounting that “at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him,’” the κραυγὴ naming this shout announcing the groom's arrival.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κραυγῆς, ἡ (cf. κραζο; on its classical use see Schmidt, Syn. i., chapter 3 § 4; from…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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