To cry
κράζωStrong’s G2896krazō
Appears in 55 verses of the New Testament
In short
Krazō is the Greek word usually translated “crying out”, “were crying out” and “cried out”. It appears in 55 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?”
Meaning
Usually translated “crying out”, “were crying out” and “cried out”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- crying out 7
- they were crying out 6
- he cried out 5
- they cried out 4
- cried out 4
- having cried out 4
- was crying out 3
- were crying out 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 12
- Mark 11
- Acts 11
- Revelation 10
- John 4
- Luke 3
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 9:27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
- Matthew 14:26And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
- Matthew 14:30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
- Matthew 15:22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
- Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Matthew 20:30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
All 55 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
κράζω krazō · to cry
κράζω [in LXX for זָעַק, צָעַק, קָרָא, etc. ;] in cl. chiefly poët., 1. prop. onomatop., of the raven, to croak, hence generally, of inartic. cries, to scream, cry out (Æsch., al.): Mrk.5:5 9:26 15:39 (Rec., R, mg.), Luk.9:39, al.; of crying for vengeance (cf. Gen.4:10), Jas.5:4. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRY, verb intransitive
preterit tense and participle passive cried. It ought to be cryed.
- To utter a loud voice; to speak, call or exclaim with vehemence; in a very general sense.
- To call importunately; to utter a loud voice, by way of earnest request of prayer.“The people cried to Pharaoh for bread” Genesis 41:55“The people cried to Moses, and he prayed” Numbers 11:2
- 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
- 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
All definitions and other forms of “cry”
- To exclaim; to utter a loud voice; with out.“And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out” Luke 9:39
- To proclaim; to utter a loud voice, in giving public notice.“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem” Jeremiah 2:2
- To bawl; to squall; as a child.
- To yelp, as a dog.“Arise, go to Nineveh, and cry against it” Jonah 1:2
CRY, verb transitive
- To proclaim; to name loudly and publicly for giving notice; as, to cry goods; to cry a lost a child.
- To decry; to depreciate by words or in writing; to dispraise; to condemn.
- To overbear.
- To praise; to applaud; to extol; as, to cry up a mans talents or patriotism, or a womans beauty; to cry up the administration.
- To raise the price by proclamation; as, to cry up certain coins. [Not in use.]
CRY, noun
plural cries.
- 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.
- 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
- Clamor; outcry; as, war, war, is the public cry“And there arose a great cry” Acts 23:9
- Exclamations of triumph, or wonder, or of other passion.
- Proclamation; public notice.“At midnight there was a cry made” Matthew 25:6
- The notices of hawkers of wares to be sold int he street are called cries; as the cries of London.
- Acclamation; expression of popular favor.
- A loud voice in distress, prayer or request; importunate call.“There was a great cry in Egypt” Exodus 12:30
- Public reports or complaints; noise; fame.
- Bitter complaints of oppression and injustice.
- 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.
- A pack of dogs.
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.