Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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Cry
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Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
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44 verses
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98 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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44 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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33 verses
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22 verses
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1411 verses
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3029 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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77 verses
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22 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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32 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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קָרָא
qârâʼ · kaw-raw'
37 times translated as this KJV form736 total Strong's occurrences
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 13:45Strong's last: Zechariah 1:17
Open full H7121 profile →זָעַק
zâʻaq · zaw-ak'
21 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
Strong's KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 10:14Strong's last: Micah 3:4
Open full H2199 profile →צַעֲקָה
tsaʻăqâh · tsah-ak-aw'
18 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
a shriek
Strong's KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Strong's first: Genesis 18:21Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:10
Open full H6818 profile →זַעַק
zaʻaq · zah'-ak
17 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
a shriek or outcry
Strong's KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 18:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:28
Open full H2201 profile →צָעַק
tsâʻaq · tsaw-ak'
14 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 5:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 49:3
Open full H6817 profile →רִנָּה
rinnâh · rin-naw'
12 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
Strong's KJV usage: cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing(-ing), triumph.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:28Strong's last: Jeremiah 14:12
Open full H7440 profile →שַׁוְעָה
shavʻâh · shav-aw'
11 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a hallooing
Strong's KJV usage: crying.
Strong's first: Exodus 2:23Strong's last: Lamentations 3:56
Open full H7775 profile →שָׁוַע
shâvaʻ · shaw-vah'
6 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
Strong's KJV usage: cry (aloud, out), shout.
Strong's first: Job 30:20Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:2
Open full H7768 profile →κραυγή
kraugḗ · krow-gay'
3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
Strong's KJV usage: :--clamour, cry(-ing).
Strong's first: Matthew 25:6Strong's last: Revelation 14:18
Open full G2906 profile →אָנַק
ʼânaq · aw-nak'
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to shriek
Strong's KJV usage: cry, groan.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 9:4Strong's last: Ezekiel 26:15
Open full H602 profile →βοάω
boáō · bo-ah'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to halloo, i.e. shout (for help or in a tumultuous way)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cry.
Strong's first: Luke 18:7Strong's last: Galatians 4:27
Open full G994 profile →κράζω
krázō · krad'-zo
2 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e. (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cry (out).
Strong's first: Luke 19:40Strong's last: Romans 8:15
Open full G2896 profile →עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
2 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 32:18Strong's last: Isaiah 13:22
Open full H6030 profile →צְוָחָה
tsᵉvâchâh · tsev-aw-khaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a screech (of anguish)
Strong's KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 14:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 46:12
Open full H6682 profile →רוּעַ
rûwaʻ · roo-ah'
2 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
Strong's KJV usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Strong's first: Isaiah 42:13Strong's last: Micah 4:9
Open full H7321 profile →κραυγάζω
kraugázō · krow-gad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to clamor
Strong's KJV usage: :--cry out.
Strong's first: Matthew 12:19Strong's last: Matthew 12:19
Open full G2905 profile →עָרַג
ʻârag · aw-rag'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to long for
Strong's KJV usage: cry, pant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joel 1:20Strong's last: Joel 1:20
Open full H6165 profile →פָּעָה
pâʻâh · paw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to scream
Strong's KJV usage: cry.
Strong's first: Isaiah 42:14Strong's last: Isaiah 42:14
Open full H6463 profile →צָרַח
tsârach · tsaw-rakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to be clear (in tone, i.e. shrill), i.e. to whoop
Strong's KJV usage: cry, roar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zephaniah 1:14Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:14
Open full H6873 profile →קוֹל
qôwl · kole
1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences
a voice or sound
Strong's KJV usage: aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ( out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, sing, sound, spark, thunder(-ing), voice, yell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 16:34Strong's last: Numbers 16:34
Open full H6963 profile →שׁוּעַ
shûwaʻ · shoo'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a halloo
Strong's KJV usage: cry, riches.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 30:24Strong's last: Job 30:24
Open full H7769 profile →שֶׁוַע
shevaʻ · sheh'-vah
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a halloo
Strong's KJV usage: cry.
Strong's first: Psalms 5:2Strong's last: Psalms 5:2
Open full H7773 profile →שָׁעַע
shâʻaʻ · shaw-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
Strong's KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Strong's first: Isaiah 29:9Strong's last: Isaiah 29:9
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H6818
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
H7121
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
no direct Strong's tag
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
H6030
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
H2199
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
H2199
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
no direct Strong's tag
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
no direct Strong's tag
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
H2201
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
H2201
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
H6817
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
no direct Strong's tag
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
no direct Strong's tag
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
H8173
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
H2199
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
H6817
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
H7121
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
H7121
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
H7121
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
H7121
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
H6817
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
H7321
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
H6463
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
H7440
Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
H6817
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
English meaning and historical usage.
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cry
CRY, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive cried. It ought to be cryed.
1. To utter a loud voice; to speak, call or exclaim with vehemence; in a very general sense.
2. To call importunately; to utter a loud voice, by way of earnest request of prayer.
The people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Genesis 41:1.
The people cried to Moses, and he prayed. Numbers 11:1.
3. To utter a loud voice in weeping; to utter the voice of sorrow; to lament.
But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Isaiah 65:14.
Esau cried with a great and bitter cry Genesis 27:34.
Also, to weep or shed tears in silence; a popular use of the word.
4. To utter a loud sound in distress; as, Heshbon shall cry Isaiah 15:4.
He giveth food to the young raves which cry Psalms 147:9.
5. To exclaim; to utter a loud voice; with out.
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out. Luke 9:1.
6. To proclaim; to utter a loud voice, in giving public notice.
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 2:2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness. Isa 40.
7. To bawl; to squall; as a child.
8. To yelp, as a dog. It may be used for the uttering of a loud voice by other animals.
To cry against, to exclaim, or utter a loud voice, by way of reproof, threatening or censure.
Arise, go to Nineveh, and cry against it. Jonah 1:2.
To cry out, to exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. 2. To complain loudly.
To cry out against, to complain loudly, with a view to censure; to blame; to utter censure.
To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore.
CRY, verb transitive
1. To proclaim; to name loudly and publicly for giving notice; as, to cry goods; to cry a lost a child.
To cry down,
1. To decry; to depreciate by words or in writing; to dispraise; to condemn.
Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it.
2. To overbear.
CRY down this fellows insolence.
To cry up,
1. To praise; to applaud; to extol; as, to cry up a mans talents or patriotism, or a womans beauty; to cry up the administration.
2. To raise the price by proclamation; as, to cry up certain coins. [Not in use.]
To cry off, in the vulgar dialect, is to publish intentions of marriage.
CRY, noun plural cries.
1. In a general sense, a loud sound uttered by the mouth of an animal; applicable to the voice of man or beast, and articulate or inarticulate.
2. A loud or vehement sound, uttered in weeping, or lamentation; it may be a shriek or scream.
And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt. Exodus 11:6.
3. Clamor; outcry; as, war, war, is the public cry
And there arose a great cry Acts 23:9.
4. Exclamations of triumph, or wonder, or of other passion.
5. Proclamation; public notice.
At midnight there was a cry made. Matthew 25:6.
6. The notices of hawkers of wares to be sold int he street are called cries; as the cries of London.
7. Acclamation; expression of popular favor.
The cry went once for thee.
8. A loud voice in distress, prayer or request; importunate call.
He forgetteth no the cry of the humble. Psalms 9:12.
There was a great cry in Egypt. Exodus 12:30.
9. Public reports or complaints; noise; fame.
Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great--I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it. Gen 18.
10. Bitter complaints of oppression and injustice.
He looked for righteousness, and behold a cry Isa 5.
11. The sound or voice of irrational animals; expression of joy, fright, alarm, or want; as the cries of fowls, the yell or yelping of dogs, etc.
1. A pack of dogs.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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