Strong G2799κλαίω
to weep
- Transliteration
- klaiō
- Pronunciation
- klah'-yo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; to sob that is wail aloud (whereas G1145 is rather to cry silently): - bewail. weep.
Detailed definition
κλαίω
[in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה;]
of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament;
__(a) intrans.: Mrk.5:38-39 14:72 (M, Pr., 131) Mrk.16:10, Luk.7:13, 32 7:38 8:52, Jhn.11:31, 33 16:20 20:11, 13 20:15 Act.9:39 21:13, 1Co.7:30, Php.3:18, Jas.4:9 5:1, Rev.5:5 18:15, 19; πολύ, Rev.5:4; πολλά, Act.8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mat.26:75, Luk.22:62; opposite to γελάω, Luk.6:21, 25; χαίρω, Rom.12:15; before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.19:41 23:28, Rev.18:9;
__(b) trans., with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Mat.2:18.†
SYN.: see: δακρύω (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה;]
of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament;
__(a) intrans.: Mrk.5:38-39 14:72 (M, Pr., 131) Mrk.16:10, Luk.7:13, 32 7:38 8:52, Jhn.11:31, 33 16:20 20:11, 13 20:15 Act.9:39 21:13, 1Co.7:30, Php.3:18, Jas.4:9 5:1, Rev.5:5 18:15, 19; πολύ, Rev.5:4; πολλά, Act.8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mat.26:75, Luk.22:62; opposite to γελάω, Luk.6:21, 25; χαίρω, Rom.12:15; before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.19:41 23:28, Rev.18:9;
__(b) trans., with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Mat.2:18.†
SYN.: see: δακρύω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2799 appears in 34 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- weep26
- wept7
- thou2
- bewail1
- ye1
First verses
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 26:75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- Mark 5:38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
- Mark 5:39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Mark 14:72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- Luke 7:13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
- Luke 7:32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 19:41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Luke 22:62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
- Luke 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
- John 11:31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
- John 11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- John 16:20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
- John 20:11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
- John 20:13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κλαίω,
old Attic dialect κλάω (see. below) [ᾱ] never contracted; Aeolic dialect κλαΐω [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 65)]; Epic dialect 2nd pers. singular optative κλαίοισθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.619: _Attic dialect_)]imperfect ἔκλᾱον, Epic dialect κλαῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.201)], Ionic dialect κλαίεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.364, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 312:)]future κλαύσομαι, 2nd pers. singular κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.340, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1327 (Lyric poetry), “Nu.” 58, 933 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 554, etc., rarely κλαυσοῦμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1081, 1277 (in mock heroic verses))]; Attic dialect also κλαιήσω [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 10, κλᾱήσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.310, 21.99, later κλαύσω 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.34, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.70, NT.John.16.20, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.143:)]aorist ἔκλαυσα, Epic dialect κλαῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.261)]:—middle, aorist ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 153, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.412 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Mess.))]:—passive, future κλαυσθήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.77(78).64, κεκλαύσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1436)]: aorist ἐκλαύσθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 831, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.11.1 (variant{κλαυθείς}), “IG” 14.2128)]: perfect κέκλαυμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 687, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1490, κέκλαυσμαι 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 273, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.115b. [κλάω [ᾱ])] is recognized as Attic dialect by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 187.26)], and is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 341, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792a, “Phlb.” 48a: ἔκλᾰε in later poetry, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.32, uncertain in 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.33 (compare κλέω A).] (κλᾰϝ-ψω, compare κλαυ-θμός, etc.))]
I intransitive, cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.201; πρὸς οὐρανόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.364; τῆς ἄρα κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.92)]; for the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.297, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες κλαύσονται 18.340; κλαίοντα καὶ ὀδυρόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388b, etc.)]; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγοντα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 900a20; δάκρυσι κ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.27)]; of infants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.107, +others)]; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τ᾽ οἰωνοί κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.216, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1799.57.)]
I.2 αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω [Refs (1)] shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263: frequently in _Attic dialect_, κλαύσεται)] he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1327 (Lyric poetry), “Pl.” 174, +others; κλαύσομαι [prev. author] “Nu.” 58)]; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 255, compare 1277; κλαύσῃ φιλῶν τὸν οἶνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 554; κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 925)]; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 401, 1152, “Ant.” 754; κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 270, compare “Hipp.” 1086; δεῦρ᾽ ἔλθ᾽ ἵνα κλάῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 58)]; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opposed to χαίρειν σοι λέγω) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pl.” 62, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127; κλάειν εἴπωμεν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 363; κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1131; κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας [prev. author] “Eq.” 433)]; σέ δ᾽ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 612 (_anapaest meter_), compare “V.” 584.)]
II transitive, weep for, lament, κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.363, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.210)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 890, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1117; τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 33)]:— passive, to be mourned or lamented, ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 687: _impersonal_, μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1436.)]
II.2 cry for, of infants, μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.39.)]
III middle, bewail oneself, weep aloud, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 920 (Lyric poetry):)]perfect participle passive κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 457 (Lyric poetry), 731, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1490.)]
III.2 transitive, bewail to oneself, πάθη.. πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 153; κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1096 (Lyric poetry).)]
old Attic dialect κλάω (see. below) [ᾱ] never contracted; Aeolic dialect κλαΐω [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 65)]; Epic dialect 2nd pers. singular optative κλαίοισθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.619: _Attic dialect_)]imperfect ἔκλᾱον, Epic dialect κλαῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.201)], Ionic dialect κλαίεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.364, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 312:)]future κλαύσομαι, 2nd pers. singular κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.340, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1327 (Lyric poetry), “Nu.” 58, 933 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 554, etc., rarely κλαυσοῦμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1081, 1277 (in mock heroic verses))]; Attic dialect also κλαιήσω [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 10, κλᾱήσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.310, 21.99, later κλαύσω 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.34, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.70, NT.John.16.20, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.143:)]aorist ἔκλαυσα, Epic dialect κλαῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.261)]:—middle, aorist ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 153, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.412 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Mess.))]:—passive, future κλαυσθήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.77(78).64, κεκλαύσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1436)]: aorist ἐκλαύσθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 831, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.11.1 (variant{κλαυθείς}), “IG” 14.2128)]: perfect κέκλαυμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 687, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1490, κέκλαυσμαι 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 273, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.115b. [κλάω [ᾱ])] is recognized as Attic dialect by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 187.26)], and is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 341, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792a, “Phlb.” 48a: ἔκλᾰε in later poetry, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.32, uncertain in 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.33 (compare κλέω A).] (κλᾰϝ-ψω, compare κλαυ-θμός, etc.))]
I intransitive, cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.201; πρὸς οὐρανόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.364; τῆς ἄρα κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.92)]; for the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.297, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες κλαύσονται 18.340; κλαίοντα καὶ ὀδυρόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388b, etc.)]; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγοντα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 900a20; δάκρυσι κ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.27)]; of infants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.107, +others)]; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τ᾽ οἰωνοί κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.216, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1799.57.)]
I.2 αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω [Refs (1)] shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263: frequently in _Attic dialect_, κλαύσεται)] he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1327 (Lyric poetry), “Pl.” 174, +others; κλαύσομαι [prev. author] “Nu.” 58)]; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 255, compare 1277; κλαύσῃ φιλῶν τὸν οἶνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 554; κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 925)]; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 401, 1152, “Ant.” 754; κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 270, compare “Hipp.” 1086; δεῦρ᾽ ἔλθ᾽ ἵνα κλάῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 58)]; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opposed to χαίρειν σοι λέγω) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pl.” 62, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127; κλάειν εἴπωμεν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 363; κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1131; κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας [prev. author] “Eq.” 433)]; σέ δ᾽ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 612 (_anapaest meter_), compare “V.” 584.)]
II transitive, weep for, lament, κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.363, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.210)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 890, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1117; τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 33)]:— passive, to be mourned or lamented, ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 687: _impersonal_, μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1436.)]
II.2 cry for, of infants, μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.39.)]
III middle, bewail oneself, weep aloud, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 920 (Lyric poetry):)]perfect participle passive κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 457 (Lyric poetry), 731, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1490.)]
III.2 transitive, bewail to oneself, πάθη.. πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 153; κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1096 (Lyric poetry).)]