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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Cry

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

181exact KJV occurrences 172Old Testament 9New Testament 37books containing the word 23mapped Strong's IDs 160occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where cry appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 44 verses Exodus 98 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 11 verses Deuteronomy 22 verses Judges 11 verses 1 Samuel 44 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 22 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Nehemiah 33 verses Esther 22 verses Job 1411 verses Psalms 3029 verses Proverbs 32 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 2925 verses Jeremiah 3129 verses Lamentations 33 verses Ezekiel 77 verses Hosea 22 verses Joel 33 verses Amos 11 verses Jonah 22 verses Micah 33 verses Nahum 11 verses Habakkuk 32 verses Zephaniah 22 verses Zechariah 22 verses Matthew 22 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 11 verses Romans 11 verses Galatians 11 verses Revelation 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7121
קָרָא

qârâʼ · kaw-raw'

37 times translated as this KJV form736 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH2199
זָעַק

zâʻaq · zaw-ak'

21 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH6030
עָנָה

ʻânâh · aw-naw'

2 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH7321
רוּעַ

rûwaʻ · roo-ah'

2 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 42:13Strong's last: Micah 4:9

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HebrewH6873
צָרַח

tsârach · tsaw-rakh'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH8173
שָׁעַע

shâʻaʻ · shaw-ah'

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

v

(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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 29:9Strong's last: Isaiah 29:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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181 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Isaiah 40:2
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.

Isaiah 40:6
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:

Isaiah 40:6
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:

Isaiah 42:2
H6817

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Isaiah 42:13
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.

Isaiah 42:14
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.

Isaiah 43:14
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.

Isaiah 46:7
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.

Isaiah 54:1
no direct Strong's tag

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 58:1
H7121

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 58:9
H7768

Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isaiah 65:14
H6817

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

Jeremiah 2:2
H7121

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Jeremiah 3:4
H7121

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Jeremiah 4:5
H7121

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

Jeremiah 7:16
H7440

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Jeremiah 8:19
H7775

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

Jeremiah 11:11
H2199

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

Jeremiah 11:12
H2199

Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Jeremiah 11:14
H7440

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jeremiah 11:14
H7121

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:2
H6682

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Jeremiah 14:12
H7440

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Jeremiah 18:22
H2201

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 20:16
H2201

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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