δάκρυ dakru, dakruon

Greek word for “teardrop” · Strong’s G1144 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

δάκρυον (poët. form δάκρυ), -ου, τό;

How it is translated

Glosses given for dakru, dakruon in context, with how often each is used:

• tears 8
• tear 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 7 (2), Acts 20 (2), 2 Corinthians 2 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1), Hebrews 5 (1), Hebrews 12 (1), Revelation 7 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• δακρύων 6
• δάκρυσιν 2
• δάκρυον 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dakru, dakruon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐκμάσσω ekmassō “to wipe off” 2
• ἐξαλείφω exaleiphō “to blot out” 2
• βρέχω brechō “to rain down” 2
• κραυγή kraugē “shouting” 2
• θρίξ thrix “hair” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 4
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 2
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 2
• πούς pous “foot” 2
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2

Key verses

The verses using dakru, dakruon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and…
• Luke 7:44 — And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my…
• Acts 20:19 — Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
• Acts 20:31 — Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
• 2 Corinthians 2:4 — For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have…
• 2 Timothy 1:4 — Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
• Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
• Hebrews 12:17 — For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully…
• Revelation 7:17 — For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from…
• Revelation 21:4 — And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.