βοάω boaō

Greek word for “to cry out” · Strong’s G994 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

βοάω, -ῶ; (βοή); 1. absol., to cry, call out:, 15:34, 9:38 18:38, 17:6 25:24.;

How it is translated

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

• one crying 3
• crying out 2
• crying 2
• cried out 1
• cried 1
• called out 1
• crying that 1
• do call aloud 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 18 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 3 (1), Luke 9 (1), John 1 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 17 (1), Acts 25 (1)

Forms

• βοῶντος 4
• ἐβόησεν 3
• βοῶντες 2
• βοώντων 1
• βοῶντα 1
• βόησον 1

Words used with it

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

• ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 5
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 6
• τρίβος tribos “path” 3
• εὐθύς euthus “Straight” 3
• Ἡσαΐας Hēsaias “Isaiah” 3
• ὁδός hodos “road” 4
• ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō “to make ready” 3
• ἐνθάδε enthade “in/to this place” 2
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 3
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3
• φημί phēmi “to assert” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths…
• Mark 1:3 — The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken…
• Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his…
• Luke 9:38 — And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
• Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Luke 18:38 — And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
• John 1:23 — He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
• Acts 8:7 — For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
• Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come…
• Acts 25:24 — And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both…
• Galatians 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she…

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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.