G2799 κλαίω
Strong's Greek Concordance · 41 KJV occurrences
κλαίω
klaíō
Definition
to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)
KJV Renderings
bewail, weep
Derivation / Etymology
of uncertain affinity;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 41)
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Mark 16:10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- Luke 7:32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
- Luke 22:62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
- John 11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- John 20:15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
- 1 Corinthians 7:30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
- Revelation 5:4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.