Quick Definition
to cry
Strong's Definition
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
TWOT Reference: 1947
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָעַק (tsa.aq) — to cry. 1) to cry, cry out, call, cry for help 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cry, cry out (for help) 1a2) to cry, cry out (in distress or need) 1a3) to make outcry, clamour 1b) (Niphal) to be summoned 1c) (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief) 1d) (Hiphil) to call together
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · צְעָקָה
Shout | verb qal, verb pi
to cry out, to call for help, to appeal = action by which humans raise their voice ◄ in times of hardship ► hoping to receive help from God or someone else
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צָעַק vb. cry, cry out, call Qal cry, cry out, for help
abs. cry, cry out, in distress, need
make outcry, clamour
Niph. be summoned (i.e. to arms)
Pi. cry aloud, in grief
Hiph. call together
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