צָעַק tsaaq

Hebrew word for “to cry” · Strong’s H6817 · used 55 times in 53 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

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

• cried out 22
• cry out 7
• will cry out 6
• summoned 6
• crying out 4
• cried for help 2
• have cried out 2
• cried 1
• carefully 1
• called together 1
• crying out for help 1
• cries out 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 5 (2), Exodus 14 (2), Exodus 22 (2), Deuteronomy 22 (2), Judges 7 (2), Judges 10 (2), 2 Kings 4 (2), 2 Kings 6 (2), 2 Kings 8 (2), Psalms 107 (2)

Forms

• ויצעק 12
• ויצעקו 10
• יצעק 4
• צעקה 4
• צעק 3
• צעקו 3
• יצעקו 3
• צעקים 2
• ונצעק 2
• וצעקי 2

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 6
• קוֹל qol “voice” 6
• הֶם hem “them” 7
• לָחַץ lachats “to oppress” 3
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 6
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 6
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 4
• אֱלִישָׁע elisah “Elisha” 3
• מָה mah “what?” 5
• מִצְרִי mitsri “Egyptian” 3
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5

Key verses

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

• Genesis 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
• Exodus 14:10 — And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the…
• Exodus 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a…
• Judges 4:3 — And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
• 2 Kings 2:12 — And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own…
• 2 Kings 4:1 — Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant…
• Nehemiah 9:27 — Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them…
• Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
• Psalms 77:1 — [To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.] I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
• Psalms 88:1 — [A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried…
• Isaiah 46:7 — They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him,…
• Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go…

See all 53 verses in the Word Atlas

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.