Greek verb · G2799
κλαίω
klaioklah'-yo
to weep
39 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: klaíō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2799is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 22spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2799
to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)
The King James renders it: bewail, weep.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
klaio is rendered "to weep". It stands 39 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Matthew 2:18κλαίουσα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's thirty-nine uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- weeping15
- do weep7
- he wept3
- weep2
- do you weep1
- he was weeping1
- I was weeping1
- she may weep1
- she was weeping1
- They were weeping1
- they will weep1
- to weep1
and 4 more, 39 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 39, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κλαίοντες6
- κλαίετε4
- ἔκλαυσεν3
- κλαίουσα3
- ἔκλαιον2
- κλαῖε2
- κλαίεις2
- κλαίοντας2
- κλαύσατε2
- ἔκλαιεν1
- ἔκλαιεν.¶1
- ἐκλαύσατε1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural6V-PAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural3V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3V-PAP-NSF
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-AAM-2P
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-FAI-2P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singular2V-PAI-2S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular2V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural2V-PAP-APM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
Matthew
two uses
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- κλαίουσαklaiousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weeping
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- ἔκλαυσενeklausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he wept
Mark
three uses
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
- κλαίονταςklaiontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
- κλαίετεklaieteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: weep
And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
- ἔκλαιεν.¶eklaienverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was weeping
Luke
eleven uses
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- κλαύσετε.¶klauseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: will weep
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”
- κλαῖεklaieverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do weep
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
- ἐκλαύσατεeklausateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did weep
As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- κλαίουσαklaiousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weeping
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
- ἔκλαιονeklaionverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were weeping
- κλαίετεklaieteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do weep
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- ἔκλαυσενeklausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He wept
And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- ἔκλαυσενeklausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he wept
But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- κλαίετεklaieteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do weep
- κλαίετεklaieteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do weep
John
eight uses
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
- κλαύσῃklauseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may weep
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- κλαίουσανklaiousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: weeping
- κλαίονταςklaiontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- κλαύσετεklauseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will weep
But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,
- κλαίουσαklaiousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weeping
- ἔκλαιενeklaienverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she was weeping
“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
- κλαίειςklaieisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: weep you
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
- κλαίειςklaieisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: do you weep
Acts
two uses
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
- κλαίουσαιklaiousaiverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: weeping
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Romans
two uses
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- κλαίεινklaieinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to weep
- κλαιόντωνklaiontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
1 Corinthians
two uses
those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Philippians
one use
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
- κλαίωνklaionverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: weeping
James
two uses
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- κλαύσατεklausateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do weep
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- κλαύσατεklausateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do weep
Revelation
six uses
And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
- ἔκλαιονeklaionverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was weeping
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- κλαῖεklaieverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do weep
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- κλαύσουσινklausousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will weep
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
- κλαίουσινklaiousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: weep
The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”
- κλαίοντεςklaiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weeping
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
