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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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Return and say to Hezekiah the ruler of My people, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, “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 Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 -

I am weary with my sighing;

Every night I make my bed swim,

I flood my couch with my tears.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 -

“Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a sojourner with You,

A foreign resident like all my fathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 -

My tears have been my food day and night,

While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 -

You have taken account of my wanderings;

Put my tears in Your bottle.

Are they not in Your book?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 -

You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them to drink tears in [fn]large measure.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8 -

For You have rescued my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

My feet from stumbling.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 -

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 -

He will swallow up death for all time,

And Lord Yahweh will wipe tears away from all faces,

And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth;

For Yahweh has spoken.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 -

“Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,

That our eyes may shed tears

And our eyelids flow with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 -

But if you will not listen to it,

My soul will cry in secret for such pride;

And my eyes will bitterly weep

And flow down with tears

Because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 -

“And you will say this word to them,

‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day,

And let them not cease,

For the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering,

With a sorely sick wound.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“Restrain your voice from weeping

And your eyes from tears,

For your work will be rewarded,” declares Yahweh,

“And they will return from the land of the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 -

Beth

She weeps bitterly in the night,

And her tears are on her cheeks;

She has none to comfort her

Among all her lovers.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

They have become her enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

Kaph

My eyes fail because of tears;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My [fn]heart is poured out on the earth

Because of the [fn]destruction of the daughter of my people,

When infants and nursing babies faint

In the open squares of the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 -

Tsadhe

Their heart cried out to the Lord,

“O wall of the daughter of Zion,

Let your tears run down like a river day and night;

Give yourself no relief;

Let [fn]your eyes not be still.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 -

‘Do not speak, dripping out words,’ they say while dripping out words.

But if [fn]they do not drip out words concerning these things,

Dishonor will not be turned back.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 -

“And this is a second thing you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with groaning because He no longer regards the [fn]offering or receives it as acceptable from your hand.

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