Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2201
זְעָקָה
ze.a.qah · “outcry”
Used 19 times across 9 books
Definition
1) cry, outcry
1a) outcry
1b) cry of distress
1c) outcry, clamour
1a) outcry
1b) cry of distress
1c) outcry, clamour
Where it appears
Genesis1
Nehemiah2
Esther2
Job1
Proverbs1
Ecclesiastes1
Isaiah4
Jeremiah6
Ezekiel1
In the text
Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Nehemiah 5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.Nehemiah 9:9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;Esther 4:1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;Esther 9:31To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.Job 16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.Ecclesiastes 9:17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.Isaiah 15:8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.
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