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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 - “Return and tell 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; surely 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 groaning;
All night I make my bed swim;
I drench my couch with my tears.

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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;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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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 continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 - You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into 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 great 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,
And my feet from falling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 - Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun:

And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.

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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;
The rebuke 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 tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - 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 take up a wailing for us,
That our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if you will not hear it,
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 - “Therefore you shall say this word to them:

‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus says the LORD:

“Refrain your voice from weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says 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,
Her tears are 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 fail with tears,
My heart is troubled;
My bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because the children and the infants
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 out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give your eyes no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 - “Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy to you;[fn]
They shall not return insult for insult.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the LORD with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
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