κλαίω klaiō

Greek word for “to weep” · Strong’s G2799 · used 40 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

κλαίω; of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp.

How it is translated

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

• weeping 19
• do weep 7
• wept 3
• will weep 3
• weep 2
• weeping for 1
• weep? 1
• did weep 1
• may weep 1
• weep you? 1
• do you weep? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 18 (4), Luke 7 (3), John 20 (3), Mark 5 (2), Luke 6 (2), John 11 (2), Revelation 5 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1)

Forms

• κλαίοντες 6
• κλαίετε 4
• κλαίουσα 3
• ἔκλαυσεν 3
• κλαίοντας 2
• ἔκλαιεν 2
• κλαίουσιν 2
• κλαύσετε 2
• κλαῖε 2
• ἔκλαιον 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with klaiō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πενθέω pentheō “to mourn” 6
• πικρῶς pikrōs “bitterly” 2
• γελάω gelaō “to laugh” 2
• νῦν nun “now” 4
• θρηνέω thrēneō “to lament” 2
• ἔμπορος emporos “trader/merchant” 2
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 5
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 5
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 3
• κόπτω koptō “to cut/mourn” 2
• τρίς tris “three times” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Luke 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
• Luke 19:41 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
• John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
• Acts 9:39 — Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats…
• Acts 21:13 — Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord…
• Romans 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
• Philippians 3:18 — (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• James 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
• James 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Revelation 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the…
• Revelation 18:9 — And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke…

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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.