Quick Definition
δακρύω v. I shed tears, week
Strong's Definition
from 1144; to shed tears
KJV Usage: weep. Compare 2799
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δάκρυον
25.137 · Attitudes and Emotions · Laugh, Cry, Groan
to weep, to cry to weep, with the clear implication of shedding tears In a number of languages a clear distinction is made between weeping which results from sorrow and grief and weeping caused by physical suffering. Without careful attention to such a distinction, a translator may seriously distort the meaning of the text.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δακρύω: 1 aor. ἐδάκρυσα; to weep, shed tears: Jn. xi. 35. [From Hom. down. Syn. see κλαίω, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δακρύω dakryō 1x
to shed tears, weep, Jn. 11:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δακρύω
[in LXX for בָּכָה, etc. ;]
to weep, shed tears: Jo 11:35.†
SYN.: κλαίω, of audible weeping, to cry; ὀδύρομαι, of grief expressed verbally, to lament; θρηνέω, of formal lamentation, to sing a dirge; ἀλαλάζω, to wail in Oriental fashion; στενάζω, of grief expressed by inarticulate sounds, to groan.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δακρύω (dakruō) — to weep. δακρύω, first in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future -ύσω[Refs 5th c.BC+], later -ύσομαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist ἐδάκρῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect δάκρῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect δεδάκρῡκα [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—middle, δακρύεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist δακρύσατο [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δεδάκρῡμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: [υ long in all tenses, except in late Poets, as [Refs]
I. intransitive, weep, shed tears, [Refs 8th c.BC+] to lament with tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. βλέφαρα to flood them with tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, perfect δεδάκρυμαι to be in tears, τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι, Πατρόκλεε; [Refs 8th c.BC+]in tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. of the eyes, run, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. of trees, exude gum, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. with accusative, weep for, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be wept for, συμφορὰ δακρύεται [Refs 5th c.BC+] (probably middle in [Refs 4th c.BC+]