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)
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G2799 — κλαίω
klaiō · to weep · Greek
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Matthew 2:18 · κλαίουσαA 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.’Matthew 26:75 · ἔκλαυσενand 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.Mark 5:38 · κλαίονταςand he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;Mark 5:39 · κλαίετε;and having gone in he saith to them, ‘Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;Mark 14:72 · ἔκλαιεν.¶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.Luke 6:21 · κλαίοντες‘Happy those hungering now—because ye shall be filled. ‘Happy those weeping now—because ye shall laugh.Luke 6:25 · κλαύσετε.¶‘Woe to you who have been filled—because ye shall hunger. ‘Woe to you who are laughing now—because ye shall mourn and weep.Luke 7:13 · κλαῖε.And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, ‘Be not weeping;’Luke 7:32 · ἐκλαύσατε.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!Luke 7:38 · κλαίουσαand 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.Luke 8:52 · ἔκλαιον · κλαίετε·and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, ‘Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;Luke 19:41 · ἔκλαυσενAnd when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,Luke 22:62 · ἔκλαυσενand Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.Luke 23:28 · κλαίετε · κλαίετεand Jesus having turned unto them, said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;John 11:31 · κλαύσῃthe 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.’John 11:33 · κλαίουσαν · κλαίοντας,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,John 16:20 · κλαύσετεverily, 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.John 20:11 · κλαίουσα. · ἔκλαιεν,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,John 20:13 · κλαίεις;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;’John 20:15 · κλαίεις;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;’Acts 9:39 · κλαίουσαιAnd 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.Acts 21:13 · κλαίοντεςand 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;’Romans 12:15 · κλαίειν · κλαιόντων.to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,1 Corinthians 7:30 · κλαίοντες · κλαίοντες,and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;Philippians 3:18 · κλαίωνfor many walk of whom many times I told you—and now also weeping tell—the enemies of the cross of the Christ!James 4:9 · κλαύσατε·be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;James 5:1 · κλαύσατεGo, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;Revelation 5:4 · ἔκλαιονAnd I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, nor to behold it,Revelation 5:5 · κλαῖε.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;Revelation 18:9 · κλαύσουσινand 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,Revelation 18:11 · κλαίουσιν‘And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;Revelation 18:15 · κλαίοντεςThe merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping, and sorrowing,Revelation 18:19 · κλαίοντεςand they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Woe, woe, 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.