צְעָקָה tsaaqah

Hebrew word for “cry” · Strong’s H6818 · used 21 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) cry, outcry; 1a) outcry (against); 1b) cry of distress (especially as heard by God)

How it is translated

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

• cry of distress 9
• outcry 5
• cry 3
• ¿ according to outcry 1
• ¿ cry 1
• crys 1
• calling out 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 3 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 27 (1), Exodus 11 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 22 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1)

Forms

• צעקה 7
• צעקת 6
• צעקתם 2
• צעקתו 2
• הכצעקתה 1
• הצעקה 1
• הצעקתו 1
• וצעקת 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 6
• קוֹל qol “voice” 5
• שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 3
• יְלָלָה yelalah “wailing” 2
• חֹרֹנַיִם choronayim “Horonaim” 2
• צָעַק tsaaq “to cry” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 4
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
• גַּם gam “also” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 18:21 — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
• Genesis 19:13 — For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
• Exodus 3:7 — And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their…
• Exodus 3:9 — Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
• Exodus 22:23 — If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
• 1 Samuel 9:16 — To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save…
• Nehemiah 5:1 — And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
• Job 27:9 — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
• Job 34:28 — So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalms 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
• Isaiah 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for…
• Zephaniah 1:10 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great…

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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.