Word

זַעַק

zaʻaq · H2201 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

a cry, outcry or shouting

The action by which humans raise their voice in times of hardship, hoping to receive help from God or someone else

Examples
Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Esther 9:31 to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants, with instructions for their times of fasting and their mourning.
Proverbs 21:13 One who shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor Will also call out himself, and not be answered.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

10 occurrences in 9 groups

הֶםtheir 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1
מַרdrop 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 2
נָקַףto strip off 1
רָבַבto increase 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 2 groups

שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 4
עוּרto awake, to stir up 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom 5
לto/for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 2 groups

קוֹלvoice, sound 3
דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1

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 6 words

תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh · H8643 · shout, cry, call: Both denote vocalized noise or shouting; תְּרוּעָה (tᵉrûwʻâh, H8643) has a broader range including instrumental or trumpet noise and joyful acclamation, but both genuinely overlap in the sense of a loud cry or shout.
שַׁוְעָה shavʻâh · H7775 · cry for help: Both lexemes are nouns denoting the act or sound of crying/shouting (same semantic category, genuinely overlapping sense), co-occurring in the same "Shout" domain. This is a genuine same-language near-synonym relationship.
קוֹל qôwl · H6963 · sound, noise, cry: זַעַק (zaʻaq, H2201) is the narrower term, denoting a cry, while קוֹל (qôwl, H6963) is broader, meaning voice, sound or cry; crying and shouting are one part of the range of קוֹל (qôwl, H6963), so the overlap is partial.
צַעֲקָה tsaʻăqâh · H6818 · outcry: Both are independently glossed as "crying" or "cry," two distinct Hebrew nouns for the same concept of crying out or shouting.
הֵידָד hêydâd · H1959 · "heidad", joyous shout: Both words denote loud vocal utterances, a shout or cry; הֵידָד (hêydâd, H1959) is a joyous shout, so the two may differ in nuance.
צְוָחָה tsᵉvâchâh · H6682 · crying: Both words denote crying out or shouting; they are distinct Hebrew words (זַעַק and צְוָחָה) that could substitute for one another in context.

In the other Testament 1 word

κραυγή kraugḗ · G2906 · cry, shout, scream: Greek κραυγή renders Hebrew זַעַק as a direct translation equivalent denoting a loud outcry or cry, typically in contexts of distress, appeal, or tumult.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Shout002004001009005: זַעַק denotes an outcry, as the great outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah reaches the LORD and Nehemiah hears the people's outcry against their brothers.

Word family 3 words

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

זָעַק zâʻaq · H2199 · to cry, to cry out, to cry for help · 73×זַעַקzaʻaq · H2201זְעִק zᵉʻiq · H2200 · cry · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2201. zeaqah זְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry, absolute ׳ז Jer 18:22 Jer 18:5t.;…

H2201. zeaqah
זְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry, absolute ׳ז Jer 18:22 Jer 18:5t.; construct זַעֲקַת Gen 18:20 Gen 18:3t.; suffix זַעֲקָתִי Job 16:18; זַעֲקָתָם Isa 15:5 Isa 15:3t.; —
1 outcry, against, וגו ׳סְדֹם זַעֲקַת Gen 18:20 (J).
2 cry of distress, concerning something זַעֲקַתשֶֿׁבֶר Isa 15:5 (object of יְעֹעֵ֑רוּ; compare בִּבְכִי in prev. clause); absolute Isa 15:8 (subject of הִקִּיפָה, || יְלָלָה); Jer 18:22 (ז ׳תִּשָּׁמַע), Jer 20:16; Jer 48:4; Jer 50:46; Neh 5:6; Neh 9:9 (all with שׁמע), Jer 48:34 (jointed with קול נתן), Job 16:18; Est 9:31 (lamentation), compare Est 4:1 (׳ז וּמָרָה גְּדוֺלָה, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with זעק); specifically זעקתדָּֿ֑ל Pro 21:13 cry of poor; ז ׳קול Isa 65:19 (|| בכי קול), Jer 51:54; Eze 27:28.
3 outcry, clamour בַּכְּסִילִים מושׁל זעקת Ecc 9:17 (opposed to נשׁמעים בְּנַחַת חכמים דברי).
זער (Arabic be scanty, of hair, plumage, etc.; Aramaic , זְעַר be or grow small; compare צער).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Shout18 occurrences

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