2905. kraugazó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
kraugazó: To cry out, to shout

Original Word: κραυγάζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kraugazó
Pronunciation: krow-GAD-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (krow-gad'-zo)
Definition: To cry out, to shout
Meaning: I cry aloud, shout, exclaim.

Word Origin: From the root word κραυγή (kraugē), meaning "a cry" or "a shout."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is צָעַק (tsa'aq), meaning "to cry out" or "to call for help."

Usage: The verb κραυγάζω is used in the New Testament to describe a loud, often urgent or emotional, vocal expression. It conveys the idea of crying out or shouting, typically in a public or communal setting. This term is often associated with expressions of strong emotion, such as desperation, joy, or protest.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, public speaking and vocal expressions were common in marketplaces, synagogues, and other communal gatherings. Shouting or crying out was a way to draw attention, express urgency, or make a public declaration. In the context of the New Testament, such expressions were often used in moments of healing, proclamation, or confrontation.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2905 kraugázō (from 2906 /kraugḗ, "clamor" which is derived from 2896 /krázō, "to cry out") – properly, the loud bay (croaking) of animals; to cry out with loud screaming or shrieking, especially with inarticulate (unintelligible) sounds; to shout with a loud, importunate cry. See 2896 (krazō).

2905 /kraugázō ("shrieking") focuses on the moral (spiritual) reasons which drive the "shouting out."

[Plato uses 2905 (kraugázō) for the howling of a dog: 'The yelping hound, howling (2905 /kraugázō) at her lord' (Republic, 607)" (WS, 501).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kraugé
Definition
to cry out
NASB Translation
cried (5), cry (1), crying (2), shout (1), shouting (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2905: κραυγάζω

κραυγάζω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐκραύγαζον; future κραυγάσω; 1 aorist ἐκραύγασα; (κραυγή); to cry out, cry aloud, (equivalent to κράζω (see βοάω, at the end, and below)): Matthew 12:19; Acts 22:23; to shout, foll. by direct discourse, John 19:15 and L T Tr WH in ; with λέγων added, to cry out in these words, followed by direct discourse: John 18:40; John 19:6 (where T omits λέγοντες), and L T Tr WH also in 12; κραυγάζειν καί λέγειν, Luke 4:41 L T Tr marginal reading; φωνή μεγάλη ἐκραύγασεν, followed by direct discourse, John 11:43. τίνι, to cry out to, call to, one (see κράζω, 2 and at the end), followed by direct discourse Matthew 15:22 R G. The word is rare in Greek writings: Demosthenes, p. 1258, 26; of the shouts in the theatres, Epictetus diss. 3, 4, 4; of a raven, ibid. 3, 1, 37; Galen, others; first in a poetic fragment in Plato, rep. 10, p. 601 b.; once in the O. T. viz. 2 Esdr. 3:13. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 337.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cry out.

From krauge; to clamor -- cry out.

see GREEK krauge

Forms and Transliterations
εκραυγαζον ἐκραύγαζον εκραυγασαν εκραύγασαν ἐκραύγασαν εκραύγασε εκραυγασεν εκραύγασεν ἐκραύγασεν κραυγαζοντων κραυγαζόντων κραυγασει κραυγάσει ekraugasan ekraúgasan ekraugasen ekraúgasen ekraugazon ekraúgazon kraugasei kraugásei kraugazonton kraugazontōn kraugazónton kraugazóntōn
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Matthew 12:19 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ἐρίσει οὐδὲ κραυγάσει οὐδὲ ἀκούσει
NAS: NOR CRY OUT; NOR
KJV: strive, nor cry; neither shall any man
INT: He will quarrel nor cry out nor will hear

Luke 4:41 V-PPA-NNP
GRK: ἀπὸ πολλῶν κραυγάζοντα καὶ λέγοντα
INT: from many crying out and saying

John 11:43 V-AIA-3S
GRK: φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐκραύγασεν Λάζαρε δεῦρο
NAS: these things, He cried out with a loud
KJV: had spoken, he cried with a loud
INT: with a voice loud he cried Lazarus come

John 12:13 V-IIA-3P
GRK: αὐτῷ καὶ ἐκραύγαζον Ὡσαννά εὐλογημένος
NAS: out to meet Him, and [began] to shout, Hosanna!
INT: him and were shouting Hosanna blessed [is]

John 18:40 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἐκραύγασαν οὖν πάλιν
NAS: So they cried out again, saying,
KJV: Then cried they all again,
INT: They cried out therefore again

John 19:6 V-AIA-3P
GRK: οἱ ὑπηρέται ἐκραύγασαν λέγοντες Σταύρωσον
NAS: saw Him, they cried out saying,
KJV: him, they cried out, saying,
INT: the officers they cried out saying Crucify

John 19:12 V-AIA-3P
GRK: δὲ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐκραύγασαν λέγοντες Ἐὰν
NAS: Him, but the Jews cried out saying,
INT: but [the] Jews cried out saying If

John 19:15 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἐκραύγασαν οὖν ἐκεῖνοι
NAS: So they cried out, Away
KJV: But they cried out, Away with
INT: they cried out then with him

Acts 22:23 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: κραυγαζόντων τε αὐτῶν
NAS: And as they were crying out and throwing off
KJV: And as they cried out, and cast off
INT: were crying out moreover they

Strong's Greek 2905
9 Occurrences


ἐκραύγασαν — 4 Occ.
ἐκραύγασεν — 1 Occ.
ἐκραύγαζον — 1 Occ.
κραυγάσει — 1 Occ.
κραυγάζοντα — 1 Occ.
κραυγαζόντων — 1 Occ.

















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