צָעַק

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10

• צֹעֲקִ֥יםtzoakimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: crying out

When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

Genesis 27:34

• וַיִּצְעַ֣קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried

When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

Genesis 41:55

• וַיִּצְעַ֥קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it cried out

But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Exodus 5:8

• צֹֽעֲקִים֙tzoakimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: crying out

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Exodus 5:15

• וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:12

• וַיִּצְעַ֤קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried out

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

Exodus 14:10

• וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

Exodus 14:15

• תִּצְעַ֖קtitzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: are you crying out

And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Exodus 15:25

• וַיִּצְעַ֣קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried out

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

Exodus 17:4

• וַיִּצְעַ֤קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried out

If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

Exodus 22:23

• צָעֹ֤קtzaokverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: carefully to cry out
• יִצְעַק֙yitzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cry out

because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Exodus 22:27

• יִצְעַ֣קyitzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cry out

And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

Numbers 11:2

• וַיִּצְעַ֥קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it cried out

So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

Numbers 12:13

• וַיִּצְעַ֣קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried out

and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

Numbers 20:16

• וַנִּצְעַ֤קvanitzakHc/Vqw1cptagged: and we cried out

you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 22:24

• צָעֲקָ֣הtzaakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she cried for help

When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

Deuteronomy 22:27

• צָעֲקָ֗הtzaakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she cried for help

So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

Deuteronomy 26:7

• וַנִּצְעַ֕קvanitzakHc/Vqw1cptagged: and we cried out

So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Joshua 24:7

• וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 4:3

• וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

Judges 7:23

• וַיִּצָּעֵ֧קvaiyitzaekHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was summoned

Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

Judges 7:24

• וַיִּצָּעֵ֞קvaiyitzaekHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was summoned

Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

Judges 10:12

• וַתִּצְעֲק֣וּvatitzakuHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you cried out

Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

Judges 10:17

• וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ֙vaiyitzaakuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were summoned

Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”

Judges 12:1

• וַיִּצָּעֵק֙vaiyitzaekHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was summoned

After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

1 Samuel 10:17

• וַיַּצְעֵ֤קvaiyatzekHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he called together

And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 13:4

• וַיִּצָּעֲק֥וּvaiyitzaakuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were summoned

As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

1 Kings 20:39

• צָעַ֣קtzaakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he cried out

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

2 Kings 2:12

• מְצַעֵק֙metzaekverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: crying out

Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.

2 Kings 3:21

• וַיִּצָּעֲק֗וּvaiyitzaakuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were summoned

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

2 Kings 4:1

• צָעֲקָ֨הtzaakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she cried out

And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

2 Kings 4:40

• צָעָ֗קוּtzaakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they cried out

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

2 Kings 6:5

• וַיִּצְעַ֥קvaiyitzakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cried out

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

2 Kings 6:26

• צָעֲקָ֤הtzaakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she cried out

At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

2 Kings 8:3

• לִצְעֹ֣קlitzokpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cry out

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

2 Kings 8:5

• צֹעֶ֣קֶתtzoeketverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: crying out for help

When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

2 Chronicles 13:14

• וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

Nehemiah 9:27

• יִצְעֲק֣וּyitzakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they cried out

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Job 19:7

• אֶצְעַ֣קʾetzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I cry out

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 35:12

• יִ֭צְעֲקוּyitzakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they cry out

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

Psalms 34:17

• צָעֲק֣וּtzaakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they cry out

I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

Psalms 77:1

• וְאֶצְעָ֑קָהveetzakahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will cry out

O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

Psalms 88:1

• צָעַ֖קְתִּיtzaaktiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have cried out

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Psalms 107:6

• וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

Psalms 107:28

• וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּvaiyitzakuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they cried out

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

Isaiah 19:20

• יִצְעֲק֤וּyitzakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will cry out

Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 33:7

• צָעֲק֖וּtzaakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have cried out

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

Isaiah 42:2

• יִצְעַ֖קyitzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cry out

They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

Isaiah 46:7

• יִצְעַ֤קyitzakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he cries out

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

Isaiah 65:14

• תִּצְעֲקוּ֙titzakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will cry out

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Jeremiah 22:20

• וּֽצְעָ֔קִיutzeakiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and cry out
• וְצַֽעֲקִי֙vetzaakiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and cry out

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

Jeremiah 49:3

• צְעַקְנָה֮tzeaknahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: cry out

The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.

Lamentations 2:18

• צָעַ֥קtzaakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has cried out