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Lexicon :: Strong's G2799 - klaiō

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κλαίω
Transliteration
klaiō (Key)
Pronunciation
klah'-yo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
40x in 20 unique form(s) TR
40x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
114x in 30 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:722,436

Strong’s Definitions

κλαίω klaíō, klah'-yo; of uncertain affinity; to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas G1145 is rather to cry silently):—bewail, weep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's G2799 in the following manner: weep (39x), bewail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's G2799 in the following manner: weep (39x), bewail (1x).

  1. to mourn, weep, lament

    1. weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i.e. for the pain and grief)

    2. of those who mourn for the dead

  2. to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλαίω klaíō, klah'-yo; of uncertain affinity; to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas G1145 is rather to cry silently):—bewail, weep.
STRONGS G2799:
κλαίω; imperfect ἔκλαιον; future κλαύσω (Luke 6:25; John 16:20; and Tr WH text in Revelation 18:9, for κλαύσομαι. more common in Greek writ, especially the earlier, and found in Leviticus 10:6; Joel 2:17, and according to most editions in Revelation 18:9; cf. Krüger, § 40 under the word, i., p. 175f; Kühner, § 343, under the word, i., p. 847; (Veitch, under the word); Buttmann, 60 (53); (Winer's Grammar, 87 (83))); 1 aorist ἔκλαυσα; the Sept. frequently for בָּכָה; (from Homer down); to mourn, weep, lament;
a. intransitive: Mark 14:72; Mark 16:10; Luke 7:13, 38; John 11:31, 33; John 20:11, 13, 15; Acts 9:39; Acts 21:13; Rev. (Revelation 5:5); Revelation 18:15, 19; πολλά, for which L T Tr WH πολύ, Revelation 5:4; πικρῶς, Matthew 26:75; Luke 22:62; weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i. e. for pain and grief), Luke 6:21, 25 (opposed to γελαν); John 16:20; Romans 12:15 (opposed to χαίρειν); Philippians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 7:30; James 4:9; James 5:1; of those who mourn the dead: Mark 5:38; Luke 7:32; Luke 8:52; ἐπί τίνι, over anyone, Luke 19:41 R G (Sir. 22:11); also joined with πενθεῖν, Revelation 18:11 R G L; κλαίειν ἐπί τινα, Luke 19:41 L T Tr WH; Luke 23:28; joined with κόπτεσθαι followed by ἐπί τινα, Revelation 18:9 T Tr WH.
b. transitive, τινα, to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 4; Winer's Grammar, 32, 1 γ.): Matthew 2:18, and Rec. in Revelation 18:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
10:6
Joel
2:17
Matthew
2:18; 26:75
Mark
5:38; 14:72; 16:10
Luke
6:21; 6:25; 6:25; 7:13; 7:32; 7:38; 8:52; 19:41; 19:41; 22:62; 23:28
John
11:31; 11:33; 16:20; 16:20; 20:11; 20:13; 20:15
Acts
9:39; 21:13
Romans
12:15
1 Corinthians
7:30
Philippians
3:18
James
4:9; 5:1
Revelation
5:4; 5:5; 18:9; 18:9; 18:9; 18:9; 18:11; 18:15; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2799 matches the Greek κλαίω (klaiō),
which occurs 114 times in 101 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 21:16–2Sa 12:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Now his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:1 - Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - ‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - “Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - “Then you shall say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - ‘but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:1 - So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:45 - “Then you returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD would not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - “She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38 - So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - Then Samson’s wife wept on him, and said, “You only hate me! You do not love me! You have posed a riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not explained it to me.” And he said to her, “Look, I have not explained it to my father or my mother; so should I explain it to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - Now she had wept on him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - Then the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, “Shall I again draw near for battle against the children of my brother Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Go up against him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God[fn] and wept. They sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - Then the people came to the house of God,[fn] and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - “The LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10 - And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Now there was Saul, coming behind the herd from the field; and Saul said, “What troubles the people, that they weep?” And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 - So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - “O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury;
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - Then her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. So Abner said to him, “Go, return!” And he returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound
Nor your feet put into fetters;
As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell.”
Then all the people wept over him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 - Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

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