Word

צַעֲקָה

tsaʻăqâh · H6818 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences

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Meanings

outcry

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

Examples
Genesis 18:21 “I will go down now and see whether they have done entirely as the outcry, which has come to Me indicates; and if not, I will know.”
Genesis 19:13 for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
Genesis 27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!”

How it’s used In 7 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

13 occurrences in 11 groups

הוּhis 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 4 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 3
הָיָהto be, to become 1
יָסַףto add 1
מַרdrop 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What it doesIt is the subject

6 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 3
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 2
גָּדַלto be great, to grow up, to magnify 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 4
שָׁכַחto forget 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 2 groups

קוֹלvoice, sound 4
צַרadversary, foe, distress 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 7 words

שַׁוְעָה shavʻâh · H7775 · cry for help: The target lexeme and שַׁוְעָה are both nominal forms denoting ‘crying, a cry,’ making them near-synonyms — distinct Hebrew nouns for the same concept.
זַעַק zaʻaq · H2201 · cry, outcry, shouting: The target lexeme and זַעַק are both independently glossed ‘cry, crying,’ functioning as near-synonyms — two distinct Hebrew nouns for the same concept of crying out.
תְּשֻׁאָה tᵉshuʼâh · H8663 · shouting, noise, commotion: Both words involve crying, shouting and noise, overlapping in the sense of outcry.
הֵידָד hêydâd · H1959 · "heidad", joyous shout: The target lexeme and הֵידָד both denote loud vocal utterances — shouting or crying out — functioning as near-synonyms describing overlapping acoustic phenomena.
רֵעַ rêaʻ · H7452 · shouting, loud crying, thunder: The target lexeme and רֵעַ (which also carries broader senses touching on sound, friendship, and thought) both denote loud vocal utterance, and function as near-synonyms in the sense of crying out or shouting.
צְוָחָה tsᵉvâchâh · H6682 · crying: The target lexeme and צְוָחָה share the identical gloss ‘cry, crying,’ making them near-synonyms — two distinct Hebrew words for the same concept.
תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh · H8643 · shout, cry, call: צַעֲקָה (tsaʻăqâh, H6818) focuses on distress cries, while תְּרוּעָה (tᵉrûwʻâh, H8643) encompasses a broader range including both alarm and joyful shouting; they overlap in the sense of loud vocal outcry, despite different typical contexts (distress versus alarm or celebration).

In the other Testament 2 words

κραυγή kraugḗ · G2906 · cry, shout, scream: Greek κραυγή (outcry/clamor) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew צַעֲקָה (cry/crying), both denoting a loud vocal expression typically of distress, grief, or urgent appeal.
βοή boḗ · G995 · cry, shout: Both denote a loud cry or call, typically for help or in distress; Hebrew צַעֲקָה and Greek βοή are direct translation equivalents for urgent vocal outcry.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Shout002004001009005: צַעֲקָה denotes an outcry, as of the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah that reaches the LORD in Genesis 18:21 and 19:13, Esau's cry when he hears his father's words in Genesis 27:34, and the outcry of Israel's affliction the LORD hears in Exodus 3:7 and 3:9.

Word family 2 words

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

צָעַק tsâʻaq · H6817 · to cry out, to call for help, to appeal · 55×צַעֲקָהtsaʻăqâh · H6818

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6818. tseaqah צְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry (older form of זְּעָקָה); — absolute׳צ…

H6818. tseaqah
צְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry (older form of זְּעָקָה); — absolute׳צ Gen 27:34 +; construct צַעֲקַת Exo 3:9 +; suffix צַעֲקָתוֺ 1Sa 9:16 +, etc.; —
1 outcry against (Sodom) Gen 18:21; Gen 19:13 (both J).
2 cry of distress especially as heard by ׳י Exo 3:7 (J), Exo 22:22 (E), compare Isa 5:7; Job 27:9; Job 34:28; Psa 9:13; ׳צ אֵלַי בָּאָה Exo 3:9 (E), 1Sa 9:16, compare Job 34:28; ׳צ גְּדֹלָה Exo 11:6; Exo 12:30 (both J), Neh 5:1; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Gen 27:34 (J); צ ׳קוֺל 1Sa 4:14; Jer 25:36 (|| יְלָלָה), Zep 1:10 (|| id., + גדול שֶׁבֶר), Jer 48:3 (|| גדול וָשֶׁבֶר שֹׁד), compare Jer 49:21; שֶׁבֶר צַעֲקַת Jer 48:5; (|| בְּכִי).

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Shout21 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