זְעָקָה zeaqah

Hebrew word for “outcry” · Strong’s H2201 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) cry, outcry; 1a) outcry; 1b) cry of distress; 1c) outcry, clamour

How it is translated

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

• cry of distress 8
• outcry 5
• cry 4
• more than the cry 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 15 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Esther 4 (1), Esther 9 (1), Job 16 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Ecclesiastes 9 (1)

Forms

• זעקה 6
• זעקת 3
• מזעקת 3
• זעקתם 2
• וזעקתם 1
• לזעקתי 1
• הזעקה 1
• וזעקה 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8
• קוֹל qol “voice” 5
• חֹרֹנַיִם choronayim “Horonaim” 2
• צֹעַר tsoar “Zoar” 2
• עֶגְלָה eglah “heifer” 2
• מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 3
• בְּכִי bekhi “weeping” 2
• רָעַשׁ raash “to shake” 2
• שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 2
• מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay “Mordecai” 2
• זָעַק zaaq “to cry out” 2
• שְׁלִישִׁי shelishi “third” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 18:20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
• Nehemiah 9:9 — And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
• 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…
• Job 16:18 — O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
• Proverbs 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• 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 65:19 — And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
• Jeremiah 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
• Jeremiah 20:16 — And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
• Jeremiah 48:34 — From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old:…
• Jeremiah 50:46 — At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
• Jeremiah 51:54 — A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

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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.