Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2201
זַעַק
zaaqzah'-ak
outcry
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zaʻaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2201is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2201
a shriek or outcry
The King James renders it: cry(-ing).
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
zaaq is rendered "outcry". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Six of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Genesis 18:20זַעֲקַ֛ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a cry of distress5
- outcry of2
- outcry their2
- a cry1
- a cry of1
- and a cry of distress1
- and cry of distress their1
- from cry of1
- from cry of distress of1
- more than cry of1
- the cry1
- to outcry my1
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 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 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
- זְעָקָה֙2
- הַזְּעָקָ֖ה1
- וּזְעָקָ֖ה1
- וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃1
- זְעָקָ֖ה1
- זְעָקָ֥ה1
- זְּעָקָ֖ה1
- זְעָקָֽה׃1
- זַעֲקַ֛ת1
- זַעֲקַ֣ת1
- זַעֲקַת־1
- זַֽעֲקָתָ֔ם1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular6HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- זַעֲקַ֛תzaakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: outcry of
Nehemiah
two uses
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
- זַֽעֲקָתָ֔םzaakatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: outcry their
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- זַעֲקָתָ֥םzaakatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: outcry their
Esther
two uses
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
- זְעָקָ֥הzeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
- וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃vezaakatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and cry of distress their
Job
one use
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
- לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃lezaakatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to outcry my
Proverbs
one use
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- מִזַּעֲקַת־mizaakat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from cry of
Ecclesiastes
one use
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- מִזַּעֲקַ֥תmizaakatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than cry of
Isaiah
three uses
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- זַעֲקַת־zaakat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a cry of
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- הַזְּעָקָ֖הhazeakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cry
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
- זְעָקָֽה׃zeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry of distress
Jeremiah
six uses
Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
- זְעָקָה֙zeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry of distress
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
- זְעָקָה֙zeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry of distress
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
- זְּעָקָ֖הzeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry of distress
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- מִזַּעֲקַ֨תmizaakatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from cry of distress of
At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
- וּזְעָקָ֖הuzeakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a cry of distress
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- זְעָקָ֖הzeakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a cry of distress
Ezekiel
one use
The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.
- זַעֲקַ֣תzaakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: outcry of
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.