Outcry
זְעָקָהStrong’s H2201zeaqah (ze-a-qah)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zeaqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “cry of distress”, “outcry of” and “outcry their”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;”
Meaning
- Cry, outcryoutcry · cry of distress · outcry, clamour
How it's translated
- a cry of distress 5
- outcry of 2
- outcry their 2
- a cry 1
- and cry of distress their 1
- to outcry my 1
- from cry of 1
- more than cry of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 6
- Isaiah 3
- Nehemiah 2
- Esther 2
- Genesis 1
- Job 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
- Nehemiah 9:9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
- Esther 4:1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
- Esther 9:31To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
- Job 16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Hebrew dictionary
זְעָקָה zeaqah · outcry
1) cry, outcry 1a) outcry 1b) cry of distress 1c) outcry, clamour
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “outcry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OUT'CRY, noun
- A vehement or loud cry; cry of distress.
- Clamor; noisy opposition or detestation.
- Sale at public auction.
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.