זָעַק zaaq

Hebrew word for “to cry out” · Strong’s H2199 · used 73 times in 73 verses

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Meaning

1) to cry, cry out, call, call for help;

How it is translated

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

• cried out 25
• cry out 12
• will cry out 8
• called together 5
• summoned 3
• crying out 2
• summon 2
• may cry out 2
• cries out 2
• have been called together 1
• had cried out 1
• cried out to 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 6 (4), Judges 3 (2), Judges 4 (2), Judges 10 (2), Judges 18 (2), 1 Samuel 7 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), 2 Samuel 19 (2), 2 Samuel 20 (2), Nehemiah 9 (2)

Forms

• ויזעקו 15
• ויזעק 13
• וזעקו 7
• אזעק 5
• זעקו 4
• תזעק 4
• ואזעק 3
• ותזעק 3
• יזעקו 2
• נזעקו 1

Words used with it

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

• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 10
• יָלַל yalal “to wail” 7
• קוֹל qol “voice” 8
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 7
• הֶם hem “them” 8
• מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 5
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 7
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 7
• עָנָה anah “to answer” 5
• שְׁמוּאֵל shemuel “Samuel” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry…
• 1 Samuel 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and…
• 1 Chronicles 5:20 — And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he…
• Esther 4:1 — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with…
• Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go…
• Isaiah 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he…
• Jeremiah 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not…
• Jeremiah 25:34 — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are…
• Jeremiah 30:15 — Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things…
• Jeremiah 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the…
• Hosea 7:14 — And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
• Micah 3:4 — Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their…

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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.