Shouting
κραυγήStrong’s G2906kraugē
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kraugē is the Greek word usually translated “crying”, “cry” and “shout”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “crying”, “cry” and “shout”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- crying 2
- a cry 1
- in a shout 1
- a clamor 1
- clamor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Ephesians 1
- Hebrews 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 1:42And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
- Acts 23:9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
- Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Greek dictionary
κραυγή kraugē · shouting
κραυγή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for צְוָחָה, תְּרוּעָה, שַׁוְעָה, etc. ;] crying, outcry, clamour: Mat.25:6, Luk.1:42, Act.23:9, Eph.4:31, Heb.5:7, Rev.21:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shouting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHOUT'ING, participle present
tense Uttering a sudden and loud outcry in joy or exultation.
All definitions and other forms of “shouting”
SHOUT'ING, noun
The act of shouting; a loud outcry expressive of joy or animation.
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.