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Lexicon :: Strong's G1144 - dakry

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δάκρυ
Transliteration
dakry (Key)
Pronunciation
dak'-roo
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

δάκρυ dákry, dak'-roo; of uncertain affinity; a tear:—tear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1144 in the following manner: tear (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1144 in the following manner: tear (11x).

  1. a tear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δάκρυ dákry, dak'-roo; of uncertain affinity; a tear:—tear.
STRONGS G1144:
δάκρυ, -υος, τό, and τὸ δάκρυον, -ου, [from Homer down], a tear: Mark 9:24 R G; Acts 20:19, 31; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Timothy 1:4; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:17. The (nominative) form τὸ δάκρυον in Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4, (Isaiah 25:8). The dative plural δάκρυσι in Luke 7:38, 44 (Psalm 125:5 (Ps. 126:5); Lamentations 2:11).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
125:5; 126:5
Isaiah
25:8
Lamentations
2:11
Mark
9:24
Luke
7:38; 7:44
Acts
20:19; 20:31
2 Corinthians
2:4
2 Timothy
1:4
Hebrews
5:7; 12:17
Revelation
7:17; 21:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1144 matches the Greek δάκρυ (dakry),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - “Hear my prayer, O LORD,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am a sojourner with you,
a guest, like all my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 - You have kept count of my tossings;[fn]
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - You have fed them with the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8 - For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 - Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - [fn] Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - let them make haste and raise a wailing over us,
that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - “You shall say to them this word:
‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
with a very grievous blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus says the LORD:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the LORD,
and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers
she has none to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out to the ground
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because infants and babies faint
in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 - Their heart cried to the Lord.
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears stream down like a torrent
day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
your eyes no respite!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 - “Do not preach”—thus they preach—
“one should not preach of such things;
disgrace will not overtake us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
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