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Strong's #02199 - זָעַק

Transliteration

zâʻaq

Phonetics

zaw-ak'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

570

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to call (to one’s aid)

1a2) to cry, cry out (in need)

1b) (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to call, call out, call together, summon

1c2) to make a crying, proclaim

1c3) to have a proclamation made

1c4) to call out to, call out at

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 349 ‑ ἀνακράζω (an‑ak‑rad'‑zo); 4727 ‑ στενάζω (sten‑ad'‑zo); 2564 ‑ καλέω (kal‑eh'‑o); 2784 ‑ κηρύσσω (kay‑roos'‑so); 3853 ‑ παραγγέλλω (par‑ang‑gel'‑lo); 305 ‑ ἀναβαίνω (an‑ab‑ah'ee‑no); 994 ‑ βοάω (bo‑ah'‑o); 2896 ‑ κράζω (krad'‑zo); 310 ‑ ἀναβοάω (an‑ab‑o‑ah'‑o); 2906 ‑ κραυγή (krow‑gay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (73)

Exodus 1

Joshua 1

Judges 13

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

Zechariah 1

NAS (84)

Exodus 1

Joshua 2

Judges 18

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 2

Psalms 6

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

Zechariah 1

HCS (73)

Exodus 1

Joshua 1

Judges 13

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

Zechariah 1

BSB (72)

Exodus 1

Joshua 1

Judges 13

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 4

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

Zechariah 1

ESV (67)

Joshua 1

Judges 13

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 5

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

WEB (74)

Exodus 1

Joshua 1

Judges 13

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 4

Hosea 2

Joel 1

Jonah 2

Micah 1

Habakkuk 2

Zechariah 1

KJV (73)

Assemble 1

Cry 1

assemble 1

assembled 1

called 3

company 1

cried 26

criest 2

cry 20

crying 1

gathered 2

out 11

proclaimed 1

together 2

NAS (84)

Call 1

Cry 1

aloud 3

assembled 2

call 1

called 6

complain 1

cried 28

cries 3

cry 26

crying 1

issued 1

proclamation 1

rallied 1

shouting 1

together 6

wailed 1

HCS (73)

cry out 2

Cry out 2

He summoned 1

I called for 1

I cry 2

I cry out 2

I will cry out 1

People cry out 1

Summon 1

They cried 1

They will cry out 1

We will cry out 1

and cries out 1

assembled 1

cried 1

cried out 18

cries out 3

cry 2

cry out 6

crying out 2

do you cry out 1

he issued a decree 1

making appeals 1

mobilized 1

or cry out 1

rallied 2

she screamed 1

summon 1

summoned 2

they cried out 6

they will cry out 1

were summoned 1

will cry out 2

you mobilized 1

you will cry out 1

BSB (72)

Calling 1

Cry out 2

I cry 2

I cry out 2

I will cry out 1

Men cry out 1

Summon 1

Then [the LORD] summoned 1

Then he issued a proclamation 1

Then they cried out 3

They cried out 1

They will cry out 1

We will cry out 1

When they cried out 1

When you cry out 1

and cried out 6

and cries out 1

and cry out 6

and rallied 1

and when I called 1

appealing 1

assembled 1

cried out 13

cries out 3

cry out 2

crying bitterly 1

crying out 1

do you cry out 1

mobilized 1

or cry out 1

she cried out 1

summoned 2

they cried out 1

they will cry out 1

to summon 1

wailing 1

were summoned 1

will cry out 2

you have called out such a company 1

you will beg 1

ESV (67)

Call 1

Cry out 1

call 1

called 2

called out 5

company 1

cried 12

cried out 11

cry 11

cry out 11

crying aloud 1

out 7

rallied 1

summon 1

you 1

WEB (74)

* 8

Call 1

Cry 2

He made a proclamation 1

I cried 1

I cry 1

I cry out 1

I yet that I should cry 1

Then he called 1

Then they cried 1

Then they cry 1

Then they will cry 1

They cried 2

They cry 1

When you cry 1

Why do you cry 1

You shall cry out 1

and call 1

and cried 4

and cries out 1

and cry 6

and he cried 1

and they also were gathered 1

and they cried 1

and they shall cry 1

and wailed 1

and when I called 1

called 1

cried 9

cried out 4

cries 2

cries out 1

cry 1

gathered together 1

of your cry 1

out 1

shall cry 1

she cried 1

to call 1

to cry 1

was gathered 1

were called 1

were gathered together 1

who were with him were gathered 1

will cry out 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2131) q o z (זאהק ZAhQ) AC: Call out CO: Outcry AB: ?: A crying out of distress or need. [from: oz- a trembling outcry of distress]

V) q o z (זאהק ZAhQ) - Call out: To cry out for help. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (74): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) cry, assemble, call, gather, company, proclaim - Strongs: H2199 (זָעַק), H2200 (זְעִק)

N^f) q o z (זאהק ZAhQ) - Outcry: KJV (18): cry, crying - Strongs: H2201 (זַעַק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[זָעַק] verb cry, cry out, call ("" form of צעק q. v.; Arabic

, Aramaic

) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular וְזָעָ֑קָה 2 Samuel 13:19; 1 singular זָעַקְתִּי Psalm 142:6; 3 plural זָָֽעֲקוּ Judges 6:7 3t.; וְזָעֲקוּ consecutive Judges 11:11 2t.; 2 masculine plural וּזְעַקְתֶּם consecutive 1 Samuel 8:18; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִזְעָ֑ק Isaiah 15:5; וַיִּזְעַק 1 Samuel 7:9 5t., etc.; Imperative זְעַק Ezekiel 21:17; feminine singular זַעֲקְיֿ Isaiah 14:31, compare Jeremiah 48:20 Kt; וְזַעֲקוּ Judges 10:14 2t.; וּזְעָ֑קוּ Jeremiah 48:20 Qr; Infinitive construct מִזְּעֹק 1 Samuel 7:8; וְלִזְעֹק 2 Samuel 19:29; suffix זַעְקֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 30:19; בְּזַעְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:13 (Ol^{§ 245 b} Ges^{§ 61}. 1. R 1); —

1 call, to one's aid, followed by accusative of person Judges 12:2.

2 cry, cry out, in need:

a. unto God (׳י), followed by אֶלֿ Judges 3:9,15; Judges 6:6,7; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 7:8,9 (+ בעד of intercession), 1 Samuel 12:8,10; 1 Samuel 15:11; Micah 3:4; Jeremiah 11:11; Habakkuk 1:2 (with accusative חמס, compare Hosea 8:2 below), 2 Chronicles 20:9; Psalm 22:6; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 142:6; Joel 1:14; followed by ׳אֶליֿ + בְּקוֺל גָּדוֺל Nehemiah 9:4; + קוֺלִי Psalm 142:2 ("" התחנן); + בְּלִבָּם Hosea 7:14 (opposed to הֵילִיל); followed by לְ Hosea 8:2 (+ object of words uttered), 1 Chronicles 5:20; followed by suffix Nehemiah 9:28; followed by הַשָּׁמַיִם (without divine name) 2 Chronicles 32:20 ("" התפלל); absolute, but with implication of cry to ׳י 1 Samuel 8:18; Isaiah 30:19.

b. unto other gods, followed by אֶלֿ Judges 10:14; Jeremiah 11:12; Jonah 1:5.

c. unto king, followed by אֶלֿ 2 Samuel 19:29.

d. absolute, utterance of horror, anxiety, alarm, distress, sorrow, etc. 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 28:12 (+ בקול גדול), 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 19:5 (+ קול גדול), 1 Kings 22:32 2 Chronicles 18:31; Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 57:13; Jeremiah 20:8 ("" קרא, compare Habakkuk 1:2 above), Lamentations 3:8 ("" אֲשַׁוֵּעַ) Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 27:30; also of cry heard by God Exodus 2:23 (P); followed by לְ of that in behalf of, or for which one cries Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:31; so followed by עַלֿ Jeremiah 30:15; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb זְעָקָה Esther 4:1; "" היליל Jeremiah 47:2; and especially Imperative Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 25:34; Jeremiah 48:20; Ezekiel 21:17.

e. cry out against one, followed by עַלֿ Job 31:38 if my land cry out against me ("" יִבְכָּיוּן); compare also (absolute, and without preposition) Habakkuk 2:11 the stone shall cry out of (מִן) the wall.

Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine singular נִזְעָ֑קְתָּ Judges 18:23; 3 masculine plural נִזְעֲקוּ Judges 18:22; Imperfect וַיִּזָּעֵק Judges 6:34 2t.; וַיִּזָּעֲקוּ Joshua 8:16; — be called together **= be called out for military service, passive of

Hiph`il 1.; compare GFM^{Judges 18:28}; assemble, join Joshua 8:16 (JE), Judges 18:22,23; 1 Samuel 14:20; followed by אַחֲרָיו Judges 6:34,35 assembled after him, i.e. joined him as his followers.

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיַּזְעֵק Judges 4:10 3t.; יַזְעִיקוּ Job 35:9; Imperative הַזְעֶקֿ 2 Samuel 20:4; Infinitive construct לְהַזְעִיק 2 Samuel 20:5; —

1 call, call out, or together, for military service, followed by accusative Judges 4:10,13; 2 Samuel 20:4,5.

2 make a crying Job 35:9 (יְשַׁוְּעוּ in "" clause)

3 have proclamation made ויאמר׳ויז Jonah 3:7.

4 call out to, or at, followed by accusative וַיַּזְעֵק אֹתִי וַיְדַבֵּר Zechariah 6:8 (si vera lectio; Gr queries וַיָּעַר ?).

זְעִ֑ק verb cry, call (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ז Daniel 6:21 (ב of voice).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

זָעַק fut. יִזְעַק imp. זְעַק inf. זְעֹק i.q. צָעַק (which latter word is peculiar to the more ancient books of the Old Test. while on the other hand זעק, ܙܥܰܩ is more common in Chaldee [and Syriac]. In Arabic both occur, the same as in Hebrew, سعق and زعق, also ذعق), to cry out, to exclaim, especially for sorrow, as complaining and imploring aid. אֶל is prefixed to the person implored, Psalms 22:6, 142:2 Hosea 7:14 לְ 1 Chronicles 5:20 in the acc. Judges 12:2; Nehemiah 9:28. עַל is prefixed to the cause of complaint, Jeremiah 30:15 לְ Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:31 מִלִּפְנֵי 1 Samuel 8:18 it also stands in the accusative, as in Habakkuk 1:2, where both constructions are combined, אֶזְעַק אֵלֶיךָ חָמָם “(how long) shall I cry unto thee concerning violence?” comp. Job 19:7.

Niphal, the passive of Hiph. No. 3, to be called together, Judges 18:22, 23 Judges 18:23 hence to assemble selves, 1 Samuel 14:20; Judges 6:34, 35 Judges 6:35.

Hiphil.

(1) i.q. Kal, to cry out, but properly to occasion a cry, Job 35:9 to proclaim; used absol. Jonah 3:7.

(2) to call, to call upon, followed by an accusative, Zechariah 6:8.

(3) With reference to many it signifies, to call together, to assemble, 2 Samuel 20:4, 2 Samuel 20:5; Judges 4:10, 13 Judges 4:13.

[The derivatives follow.]

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List of Word Forms

אֶזְעַ֥ק אֶזְעַק֙ אֶזְעָ֑ק אֶזְעָ֔ק אזעק בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ בזעקך הַזְעֶק־ הזעק־ וְזַֽעֲקוּ֙ וְזַעֲק֖וּ וְזַעֲק֗וּ וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ וְזָעֲק֣וּ וְזָעָֽקָה׃ וְיִזְעֲק֖וּ וְלִזְעֹ֥ק וְנִזְעַ֥ק וַֽיִּזְעֲק֖וּ וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮ וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּ וַיִּזְעֲק֥וּ וַיִּזְעֲק֨וּ וַיִּזְעַ֖ק וַיִּזְעַ֛ק וַיִּזְעַ֤ק וַיִּזְעַ֥ק וַיִּזְעַ֨ק וַיִּזְעָ֑קוּ וַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָ וַיִּזָּעֲק֗וּ וַיִּזָּעֵ֣ק וַיִּזָּעֵ֥ק וַיַּזְעֵ֗ק וַיַּזְעֵ֣ק וַיַּזְעֵ֨ק וַתִּזְעַ֖ק וַתִּזְעַ֤ק וָאֶזְעַ֗ק וָאֶזְעַ֣ק וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ ואזעק וזעקה׃ וזעקו וזעקתם ויזעק ויזעקו ויזעקוך ולזעק ונזעק ותזעק זְעַ֤ק זַֽעֲקִי־ זָעֲק֣וּ זָעֲק֤וּ זָעֲק֥וּ זָעֲקוּ֙ זָעַ֥קְתִּי זעק זעקו זעקי־ זעקתי יִזְעֲק֣וּ יִזְעָ֑קוּ יִזְעָ֔ק יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יזעיקו יזעק יזעקו לְהַזְעִ֣יק להזעיק מִזְּעֹ֖ק מזעק נִֽזְעֲק֔וּ נִזְעָֽקְתָּ׃ נזעקו נזעקת׃ תִּזְעַ֖ק תִּזְעַק֙ תִּזְעָ֑ק תִזְעָ֑ק תזעק ’ez‘aq ’ez‘āq ’ez·‘aq ’ez·‘āq bə·za·‘ă·qêḵ bəza‘ăqêḵ bezaakeCh ezAk haz‘eq- haz·‘eq- hazek lə·haz·‘îq ləhaz‘îq lehazIk miz·zə·‘ōq mizzə‘ōq mizzeOk niz‘āqətā niz‘ăqū niz·‘ā·qə·tā niz·‘ă·qū nizAketa nizaKu tiz‘aq tiz‘āq ṯiz‘āq tiz·‘aq tiz·‘āq ṯiz·‘āq tizAk ū·zə·‘ā·qū ū·zə·‘aq·tem ūzə‘aqtem ūzə‘āqū uzeakTem uzeAku vaezAk vaiyazEk vaiyizAk vaiyizAku vaiyizaKucha vaiyizzaaKu vaiyizzaEk vattizAk velizOk venizAk veyizaKu vezaAkah vezaaKu wā’ez‘aq wā·’ez·‘aq wat·tiz·‘aq wattiz‘aq way·yaz·‘êq way·yiz·‘ă·qū way·yiz·‘ā·qū way·yiz·‘ā·qū·ḵā way·yiz·‘aq way·yiz·zā·‘ă·qū way·yiz·zā·‘êq wayyaz‘êq wayyiz‘aq wayyiz‘ăqū wayyiz‘āqū wayyiz‘āqūḵā wayyizzā‘ăqū wayyizzā‘êq wə·liz·‘ōq wə·niz·‘aq wə·yiz·‘ă·qū wə·zā·‘ā·qāh wə·za·‘ă·qū wə·zā·‘ă·qū wəliz‘ōq wəniz‘aq wəyiz‘ăqū wəzā‘āqāh wəza‘ăqū wəzā‘ăqū yaz‘îqū yaz·‘î·qū yazIku yiz‘āq yiz‘ăqū yiz‘āqū yiz·‘ă·qū yiz·‘ā·qū yiz·‘āq yizAk yizAku za‘ăqî- zā‘aqtî zā‘ăqū za·‘ă·qî- zā·‘ă·qū zā·‘aq·tî zaaki zaAkti zaaKu zə‘aq zə·‘aq zeAk