Cry, Crying

kri'-ing (zaaq, tsa`aq (and forms), qara', shawa`, rinnah; boao, krazo, phoneo):

Various words are translated "cry," "crying," etc., the chief of which are those above given; za'aq and tsa`aq denote especially a cry for help, from pain or distress, and are frequently used for crying to God, e.g. (za`aq, Exod 2:23; Judg 3:9; Judg 3:15; Ps 22:5; Ps 107:13; Ps 107:19; Mic 3:4); (tsa`aq, Exod 8:12; Exod 15:25; Ps 34:17; Ps 77:1; Isa 19:20; Lam 2:18); qara' (a mimetic word) has the widest signification, but is often used of appealing to God (frequently translated "call," "called," etc., Gen 39:14; Gen 39:15; Gen 39:18; Gen 41:43; Deut 15:9; Deut 24:15; 1 Kgs 18:27; Ps 3:4; Ps 22:2; Ps 27:7; Prov 1:21; Isa 34:14; Jer 2:2, etc.); shawa`, "to cry aloud" (Job 29:12; Job 30:20; Job 30:28; Ps 18:6; Ps 18:41; Ps 88:13; Jonah 2:2; Hab 1:2, etc.); rinnah, "a shouting," whether for joy or grief (1 Kgs 8:28; Ps 17:1; Ps 61:1; Ps 88:2; Ps 119:169; Ps 142:6; Isa 43:14 the Revised Version (British and American) "rejoicing," etc.). Other Hebrew words are 'anaq, "to groan" (Ezek 9:4; Ezek 24:17 the King James Version; Ezek 26:15 the King James Version); hamah, "to make a noise" (Ps 55:17 the King James Version); rua`, "to shout" (Judg 7:21 the King James Version; Job 30:5; Isa 42:13, etc.); ranan, "to cry aloud" (Ps 84:2; Lam 2:19); shoa`, "crying" (Isa 22:5); teshu'oth, "crying," "noise" (Job 39:7 the King James Version).

In the New Testament we have boao, "to cry," "shout" (Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Mark 15:34; Gal 4:27, etc.); krazo (mimetic, the hoarse cry of the raven), "to cry out" (Matt 9:27; Matt 14:30; Matt 21:9; Matt 27:50; Mark 5:5; Gal 4:6; Rev 6:10; Rev 7:2, etc.); phoneo, "to give forth the voice," "sound" (Luke 8:8; Luke 16:24; Luke 23:46; Acts 16:28; Rev 14:18 the King James Version); anaboao, "to cry out" (Matt 27:46; Luke 9:38); aphiemi, "to let go," "to send away" (Mark 15:37 the King James Version); epiboao, "to cry about" (anything) (Acts, 25:24); epiphoneo, "to give forth the voice upon" (Luke 23:21 the King James Version); kraugazo, "to make a cry, or outcry, or clamor" (Matt 12:19; Matt 15:22; John 11:43; John 18:40; John 19:6; John 19:15; Acts 22:23); anakrazo, "to cry out" (Mark 1:23; Luke 4:33, etc.); krauge, "a crying out" (Matt 25:6; Acts 23:9 the King James Version; Heb 5:7; Rev 21:4).

For "cry" the Revised Version (British and American) has "sound" (2 Chr 13:12); "cry because of these things" (Job 30:24 the English Revised Version); "cry out" (Job 31:38; Isa 42:14); "call" (Ps 28:1; Ps 61:2; Ps 141:1); "be blind" (Isa 29:9); "groan" (Ezek 26:15); "pant" (Joel 1:20); "cry aloud" (Matt 12:19); "clamor" (Acts 23:9). Among the other changes are, "moan" for "cry aloud" (Ps 55:17); "sound an alarm" (Hos 5:8); "take your pleasure," margin "blind yourselves." for "cry ye out" (Isa 29:9): "sigh, but not aloud" for "forbear to cry" (Ezek 21:17); "shoutings" for "crying" (Job 39:7); "destruction" for "crying" (Prov 19:18, where we have instead of "let not thy soul spare for his crying," "set not thy heart on his destruction," margin, Hebrew "causing him to die" (muth, "to put to death")); "went up" for "crying aloud" (Mark 15:8, different text); "cry" for "voice" (Luke 1:42); for "had cried" (Luke 23:46), the American Standard Revised Version has "crying."

W. L. Walker