Strong G994βοάω
to cry out
- Transliteration
- boaō
- Pronunciation
- bo-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb; to halloo that is shout (for help or in a tumultuous way): - cry.
Detailed definition
βοάω, -ῶ
(βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא;]
1. absol., to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27.
2. C. dative, to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.†
SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc. (AS)
(βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא;]
1. absol., to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27.
2. C. dative, to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.†
SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G994 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cry11
First verses
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Luke 18:38And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
- John 1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
- Acts 8:7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
- Acts 17:6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
- Acts 21:34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
- Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βοάω,
Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular βοάᾳ, 3rd.pers. plural βοόωσιν, participle βοόων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.394, 17.265, 15.687)]: Ionic dialectimperfect βοάασκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.588)]: future βοήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48, etc.)]; Doric dialect βοάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1154 (Lyric poetry); later βοήσω 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.792, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.32 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator), etc. (βοάσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1447)] (Lyric poetry) is aorist subjunctive): aorist ἐβόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.15, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 772, etc.)]; Epic dialect βόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.847)]; Doric dialect βόασα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.14)]; Ionic dialect ἔβωσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.337, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.146, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 1, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.23; sometimes in Comedy texts, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 396, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1155)]: perfect βεβόηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.1.11)]:—middle, βοώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1228 (perhaps _passive_))]: Epic dialect aorist βοήσατο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.465)], Ionic dialect ἐβώσατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.60)]; participle βοησάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 25.3)]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist ἐβώσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.131)]: perfect βεβόημαι [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.138 (from Aceratus))], Ionic dialect participle βεβωμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39)]: pluperfect ἐβεβόητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.11.3)]:—cry aloud, shout, ὀξὺ βοήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.89; ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.294; πᾶσα γὰρ πόλις βοᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1106 (Lyric poetry); ὡς δράκων β. [prev. author] “Th.” 381; β. γραμμάτων ἐν ξυλλαβαῖς [prev. work] 468)]; οἱ βοησόμενοι men ready to shout (in the ἐκκλησία), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.20)]; ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησευ.., of acclamations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 41.19 (3rd-4th c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.1, +others, “IG” 12(9).906 (Chalcis, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 of things, roar, howl, as the wind and waves, οὔτε.. κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.394)]; resound, echo, ἀμφὶ δέ τ᾽ ἄκραι ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (17.265; βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 431 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pers.” 605)]; τὸ πρᾶγμα φανερόν ἐστιν, αὐτὸ γὰρ βοᾷ it proclaims itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 921; φαίνεται αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα βοᾶν ὡς ἑλκόμενα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1091a10.)]
II with accusative person, call to one, call on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.36, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 205 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.41:)] — middle βοησάμενοι δαίμονας Ant.Lib. [prev. cited]
II.2 with accusative, call for, shout out for, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 772; β. τὴν βοήθειαν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.2.)]
II.3 with accusative cognate, β. βοάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1153 (Lyric poetry))]; β. μέλος, ἰωάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 976, “Ph.” 216 (Lyric poetry); β. λοιγόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 402 (Lyric poetry); ἄλγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1310 (Lyric poetry): with double _accusative_, βοάσαθ᾽ ὑμέναιον ἀοιδαῖς ἰαχαῖς τε νύμφαν)] sound aloud the bridal hymn in honour of the bride, [Refs ([prev. work] 335 (Lyric poetry))]; ἔλεγον ἰήϊον ἐβόα κίθαρις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps. fragment” 3(1).iii 10.)]
II.4 noise abroad, celebrate, ἡ ῥάφανος ἣν ἐβοᾶτε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.7; πρήγματα βεβωμένα ἀνὰ Ἰωνίην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39; ἐβώσθησαν ἀνὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev. author] 6.131; οἱ βοηθέντες ἐπὶ χρήμασι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.155)]; βεβοῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, ἐκ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Decl.” 11.18, 5.53.)]
II.5 with infinitive, cry aloud or command in aloud noice to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1287, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 297 (Lyric poetry); βοᾶν τινι ἄγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.12; ἐβόων ἀλλήλοις μὴ θεῖν [prev. work] 19)]; also, cry aloud that.., Epicrat. 11.31 (anapaest meter); β. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.1, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 125.5.)]
II.6 passive, to be filled with sound, πᾶσαν δὲ χρὴ γαῖαν βοᾶσθαι ὑμνῳδίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1434)]; to be deafened, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1228. (Cf. βοή.))]
Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular βοάᾳ, 3rd.pers. plural βοόωσιν, participle βοόων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.394, 17.265, 15.687)]: Ionic dialectimperfect βοάασκε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.588)]: future βοήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48, etc.)]; Doric dialect βοάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1154 (Lyric poetry); later βοήσω 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.792, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.32 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator), etc. (βοάσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1447)] (Lyric poetry) is aorist subjunctive): aorist ἐβόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.15, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 772, etc.)]; Epic dialect βόησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.847)]; Doric dialect βόασα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.14)]; Ionic dialect ἔβωσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.337, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.146, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 1, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.23; sometimes in Comedy texts, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 396, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1155)]: perfect βεβόηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.1.11)]:—middle, βοώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1228 (perhaps _passive_))]: Epic dialect aorist βοήσατο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.465)], Ionic dialect ἐβώσατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.60)]; participle βοησάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 25.3)]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist ἐβώσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.131)]: perfect βεβόημαι [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.138 (from Aceratus))], Ionic dialect participle βεβωμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39)]: pluperfect ἐβεβόητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.11.3)]:—cry aloud, shout, ὀξὺ βοήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.89; ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.294; πᾶσα γὰρ πόλις βοᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1106 (Lyric poetry); ὡς δράκων β. [prev. author] “Th.” 381; β. γραμμάτων ἐν ξυλλαβαῖς [prev. work] 468)]; οἱ βοησόμενοι men ready to shout (in the ἐκκλησία), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.20)]; ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησευ.., of acclamations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 41.19 (3rd-4th c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.1, +others, “IG” 12(9).906 (Chalcis, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 of things, roar, howl, as the wind and waves, οὔτε.. κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.394)]; resound, echo, ἀμφὶ δέ τ᾽ ἄκραι ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (17.265; βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 431 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; βοᾷ δ᾽ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pers.” 605)]; τὸ πρᾶγμα φανερόν ἐστιν, αὐτὸ γὰρ βοᾷ it proclaims itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 921; φαίνεται αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα βοᾶν ὡς ἑλκόμενα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1091a10.)]
II with accusative person, call to one, call on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.36, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 205 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.41:)] — middle βοησάμενοι δαίμονας Ant.Lib. [prev. cited]
II.2 with accusative, call for, shout out for, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 772; β. τὴν βοήθειαν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.2.)]
II.3 with accusative cognate, β. βοάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1153 (Lyric poetry))]; β. μέλος, ἰωάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 976, “Ph.” 216 (Lyric poetry); β. λοιγόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 402 (Lyric poetry); ἄλγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1310 (Lyric poetry): with double _accusative_, βοάσαθ᾽ ὑμέναιον ἀοιδαῖς ἰαχαῖς τε νύμφαν)] sound aloud the bridal hymn in honour of the bride, [Refs ([prev. work] 335 (Lyric poetry))]; ἔλεγον ἰήϊον ἐβόα κίθαρις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps. fragment” 3(1).iii 10.)]
II.4 noise abroad, celebrate, ἡ ῥάφανος ἣν ἐβοᾶτε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.7; πρήγματα βεβωμένα ἀνὰ Ἰωνίην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39; ἐβώσθησαν ἀνὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev. author] 6.131; οἱ βοηθέντες ἐπὶ χρήμασι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.155)]; βεβοῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, ἐκ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Decl.” 11.18, 5.53.)]
II.5 with infinitive, cry aloud or command in aloud noice to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1287, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 297 (Lyric poetry); βοᾶν τινι ἄγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.12; ἐβόων ἀλλήλοις μὴ θεῖν [prev. work] 19)]; also, cry aloud that.., Epicrat. 11.31 (anapaest meter); β. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.1, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 125.5.)]
II.6 passive, to be filled with sound, πᾶσαν δὲ χρὴ γαῖαν βοᾶσθαι ὑμνῳδίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1434)]; to be deafened, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1228. (Cf. βοή.))]