Strong H2199זָעַק

to cry out

Transliteration
zâ‛aq
Pronunciation
zaw-ak'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly: - {assemble} call ({together}) (make a) cry ({out}) come with such a {company} gather ({together}) cause to be proclaimed.

Detailed definition

1) to cry, cry out, call, call for help
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call (to one's aid)
1a2) to cry, cry out (in need)
1b) (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to call, call out, call together, summon
1c2) to make a crying, proclaim
1c3) to have a proclamation made
1c4) to call out to, call out at
Aramaic equivalent: ze.iq (זְעִ֑ק "to cry out" H2200)

In the Bible

Strong H2199 appears in 73 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cry58
  • gather4
  • assemble3
  • call3
  • company1
  • criest1
  • crieth1
  • proclaim1
  • thou1

First verses

  1. Exodus 2:23
    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
  2. Joshua 8:16
    And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
  3. Judges 3:9
    And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
  4. Judges 3:15
    But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
  5. Judges 4:10
    And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
  6. Judges 4:13
    And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
  7. Judges 6:6
    And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
  8. Judges 6:7
    And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
  9. Judges 6:34
    But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi–ezer was gathered after him.
  10. Judges 6:35
    And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
  11. Judges 10:10
    And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
  12. Judges 10:14
    Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
  13. Judges 12:2
    And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
  14. Judges 18:22
    And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
  15. Judges 18:23
    And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
  16. 1 Samuel 4:13
    And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
  17. 1 Samuel 5:10
    Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
  18. 1 Samuel 7:8
    And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
  19. 1 Samuel 7:9
    And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
  20. 1 Samuel 8:18
    And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
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