To cry out
זָעַקStrong’s H2199zaaq (za-aq)
Appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “cried out”, “cry out” and “summoned”. It appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”
Meaning
- To cry, cry out, call, call for help(Qal) · (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and they cried out 12
- and he cried out 5
- and cry out 4
- i cry out 4
- and they will cry out 3
- and he summoned 2
- they cried out 2
- and it was called together 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 13
- 1 Samuel 10
- Jeremiah 8
- Isaiah 6
- 2 Samuel 5
- Psalms 5
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Joshua 8:16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
- Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- Judges 4:10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 4:13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
All 73 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
זָעַק zaaq · to cry out
1) to cry, cry out, call, call for help 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call (to one's aid) 1a2) to cry, cry out (in need) 1b) (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to call, call out, call together, summon 1c2) to make a crying, proclaim 1c3) to have a proclamation made 1c4) to call out to, call out at Aramaic equivalent: ze.iq (זְעִ֑ק "to cry out" H2200)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “summon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUM'MON, verb transitive
[Latin submoneo; sub and moneo.]
- To call, cite or notify by authority to appear at a place specified, or to attend in person to some public duty, or both; as, to summon a jury; to summon witnesses.
- To give notice to a person to appear in court and defend.
- To call or command.
- To call up; to excite into action or exertion; with up. summon up all your strength or courage.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.