Strong's Lexicon

H2201

H2201 — זַעַק זְעָקָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewza`aqnoun femOccurrences: 19TWOT: 570

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2201
Word:	זַעַק זְעָקָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H2199
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	19
Transliteration:	za`aq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	zah'-ak (and (feminine) zoaqah {zeh-aw-kaw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. a shriek or outcry
KJV Renderings:	cry(-ing).

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זְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry, absolute ׳ ז Jer 18:22 + 5 t.; construct זַעֲקַת Gen 18:20 + 3 t.; suffix זַעֲקָתִי Job 16:18 זַעֲקָתָם Isa 15:5 + 3 t.; —

1. outcry, against, זַעֲקַת ׳ סְדֹם וגו Gen 18:20 ( J ).

2. cry of distress, concerning something זַעֲקַתשֶֿׁבֶר Isa 15:5 (object of יְעֹעֵ֑רוּ; compare בִּבְכִי in prev. clause); absolute Isa 15:8 (subject of הִקִּיפָה, || יְלָלָה); Jer 18:22 (׳ תִּשָּׁמַע ז), Jer 20:16; Jer 48:4; Jer 50:46; Neh 5:6; Neh 9:9 (all with שׁמע), Jer 48:34 (jointed with נתן קול), Job 16:18; Esth 9:31 (lamentation), compare Esth 4:1 (גְּדוֺלָה וּמָרָה ׳ ז, accusative of cognate meaning with verb with זעק); specifically זעקתדָּֿ֑ל Prov 21:13 cry of poor; ׳ קול ז Isa 65:19 (|| קול בכי), Jer 51:54; Ezek 27:28.

3. outcry, clamour זעקת מושׁל בַּכְּסִילִים Eccl 9:17 (opposed to דברי חכמים בְּנַחַת נשׁמעים).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זעקה (z’g)

Genesis 18:20

KJV: And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

EHCC: the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is .

Nehemiah 5:6

KJV: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

EHCC: when 1 heard their ery and these words.

Nehemiah 9:9

KJV: And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

EHCC: heardest their cry by the Red sea;

Nehemiah 9:31

KJV: Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

EHCC: the matters of the fastings and their ery.

Job 16:18

KJV: O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

EHCC: let my cry have no place. (lit. let ba to my

Proverbs 21:13

KJV: Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

EHCC: stoppeth his ears at the of the poor,

Ecclesiastes 9:17

KJV: The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

EHCC: more than the ery of hita that rule!

Ecclesiastes 65:19

EHCC: nor the voice of crying.

Jeremiah 18:22

KJV: 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.

EHCC: Let a oy be heard from their houses,

Jeremiah 20:16

KJV: 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;

EHCC: and let him hear the cry in the morning,

Jeremiah 48:4

KJV: Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

EHCC: her little ones have caused a cry

Jeremiah 50:46

KJV: At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

EHCC: dnd the cry is heard among the nations.

Jeremiah 51:54

KJV: A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

EHCC: A sound of a cry (cometh Sicom Babylon,

Ezekiel 27:28

KJV: The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.suburbs: or, waves

EHCC: shall shake at the sound of the ery of