To cry out
βοάωStrong’s G0994boaō
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Boaō is the Greek word usually translated “one crying”, “crying” and “crying out”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
Meaning
Usually translated “one crying”, “crying” and “crying out”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of one crying 3
- crying 3
- crying out 2
- cried out 1
- cried 1
- he called out 1
- do call aloud 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
- Acts 3
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
- John 1
- Galatians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Luke 9:38And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
- Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Luke 18:38And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Greek dictionary
βοάω boaō · to cry out
βοάω, -ῶ (βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא ;] 1. absol., to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27. 2. C. dative, to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.† SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crying” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRYING, participle present
tense Uttering a loud voice; proclaiming; etc.
All definitions and other forms of “crying”
CRYING, adjective
Notorious; common; great; as a crying sin or abuse.
CRYING, noun
Importunate call; clamor; outcry.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.