To weep
κλαίωStrong’s G2799klaiō
Appears in 34 verses of the New Testament
In short
Klaiō is the Greek word usually translated “weeping”, “do weep” and “wept”. It appears in 34 verses of the New Testament.
“In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.”
Meaning
Usually translated “weeping”, “do weep” and “wept”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- weeping 16
- do weep 7
- he wept 3
- weep 2
- he was weeping 1
- will weep 1
- you did weep 1
- they were weeping 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 9
- John 6
- Revelation 6
- Mark 4
- Matthew 2
- Acts 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 26:75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- Mark 5:38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
- Mark 5:39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Mark 14:72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Greek dictionary
κλαίω klaiō · to weep
κλαίω [in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה ;] of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament; (a) intrans.: Mrk.5:38-39 14:72 (M, Pr., 131) Mrk.16:10, Luk.7:13, 32 7:38 8:52, Jhn.11:31, 33 16:20 20:11, 13 20:15 Act.9:39 21:13, 1Co.7:30, Php.3:18, Jas.4:9 5:1, Rev.5:5 18:15, 19; πολύ, Rev.5:4; πολλά, Act.8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mat.26:75, Luk.22:62; opposite to γελάω, Luk.6:21, 25; χαίρω, Rom.12:15; before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.19:41 23:28, Rev.18:9; (b) trans., with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Mat.2:18.† SYN.: see: δακρύω (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weep” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEEP, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive wept. Weeped, I believe is never used. [See Whoop. The primary sense is to cry out.]
- To express sorrow, grief or anguish by outcry.“They all wept sore, and fell on Pauls neck, and kissed him” Acts 20:37
- To shed tears from any passion.
- To lament; to complain. Numbers 11:10
All definitions and other forms of “weep”
WEEP, verb transitive
- To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
- To shed moisture; as, to weep tears of joy.
- To drop; as the weeping amber.
- To abound with wet; as weeping grounds.
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.