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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 40 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:18 - 'A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:75

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75 - and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- 'Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:38 - and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:39 - and having gone in he saith to them, 'Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72 - and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- 'Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:10 - she having gone, told those who had been with him, mourning and weeping;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - 'Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - 'Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:13 - And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, 'Be not weeping;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:32 - they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52 - and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:62 - and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28 - and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:31 - the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:33 - Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:20 - verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:11 - and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - And they say to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, 'Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:13 - and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:15 - to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30 - and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:9 - be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:1 - Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:4 - And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, nor to behold it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - and one of the elders saith to me, 'Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 - and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:11 - 'And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 - The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping, and sorrowing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Wo, wo, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness -- for in one hour was she made waste.
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