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Cry
King James Dictionary
or CRY, pret. and pp. cried. It ought to be cryed.
1. To utter a loud voice to speak, call or exclaim with vehemence in a very general sense.
2. To call importunately to utter a loud voice, by way of earnest request of prayer.
The people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Genesis 41 .
The people cried to Moses, and he prayed. Numbers 11 .
3. To utter a loud voice in weeping to utter the voice of sorrow to lament.
But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Isaiah 65 .
Esau cried with a great and bitter cry. Genesis 27 .
Also, to weep or shed tears in silence a popular use of the word.
4. To utter a loud sound in distress as, Heshbon shall cry. Isaiah 15 .
He giveth food to the young raves which cry. Psalms 147 .
5. To exclaim to utter a loud voice with out.
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out. Luke 9 .
6. To proclaim to utter a loud voice, in giving public notice.
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 2 .
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness. Isaiah 40 .
7. To bawl to squall as a child.
8. To yelp, as a dog. It may be used for the uttering of a loud voice by other animals.
To cry against, to exclaim, or utter a loud voice, by way of reproof, threatening or censure.
Arise, go to Nineveh, and cry against it. Jonah 1 .
To cry out, to exclaim to vociferate to scream to clamor. 2. To complain loudly.
To cry out against, to complain loudly, with a view to censure to blame to utter censure.
To cry to, to call on in prayer to implore.
CRY,
1. To proclaim to name loudly and publicly for giving notice as, to cry goods to cry a lost a child.
To cry down,
1. To decry to depreciate by words or in writing to dispraise to condemn.
Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it.
2. To overbear. Cry down this fellows insolence.
To cry up,
1. To praise to applaud to extol as, to cry up a mans talents or patriotism, or a womans beauty to cry up the administration.
2. To raise the price by proclamation as, to cry up certain coins. Not in use.
To cry off, in the vulgar dialect, is to publish intentions of marriage.
CRY, n. plu. cries.
1. In a general sense, a loud sound uttered by the mouth of an animal applicable to the voice of man or beast, and articulate or inarticulate.
2. A loud or vehement sound, uttered in weeping, or lamentation it may be a shriek or scream.
And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt. Exodus 11 .
3. Clamor outcry as, war, war, is the public cry.
And there arose a great cry. Acts 23 .
4. Exclamations of triumph, or wonder, or of other passion.
5. Proclamation public notice.
At midnight there was a cry made. Matthew 25 .
6. The notices of hawkers of wares to be sold int he street are called cries as the cries of London.
7. Acclamation expression of popular favor.
The cry went once for thee.
8. A loud voice in distress, prayer or request importunate call.
He forgetteth no the cry of the humble. Psalms 9 .
There was a great cry in Egypt. Exodus 12 .
9. Public reports or complaints noise fame.
Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great--I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it. Genesis 18 .
10. Bitter complaints of oppression and injustice.
He looked for righteousness, and behold a cry. Isaiah 5 .
11. The sound or voice of irrational animals expression of joy, fright, alarm, or want as the cries of fowls, the yell or yelping of dogs, &c.
1. A pack of dogs.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Cry'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/cry.html.
