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Strong's G2799 · Greek

κλαίω

klaio · klah'-yo

of uncertain affinity; to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κλαίω (G2799)

40 κλαίω , [in LXX chiefly for בּכה ;] of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep , lament ; intrans.: Mk 5:38 , 39 14:72 (M, Pr. , 131) Mk 16:[10] , Lk 7:13 , 32 , 38 8:52 , Jo 11:31 , 33 16:20 20:11 , 13 , 15 Ac 9:39 21:13 , I Co 7:30 , Phl 3:18 , Ja 4:9 5:1 , Re 5:5 18:15 , 19 ; πολύ , Re 5:4 ; πολλά , Ac 8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς , Mt 26:75 , Lk 22:62 ; opp. to γελάω , Lk 6:21 , 25 ; χαίρω , Ro 12:15 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc., Lk 19:41 23:28 , Re 18:9 ; trans., c. acc. pers., to weep or lament for , bewail : Mt 2:18 .† SYN. : v.s. δακρύω .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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