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Lexicon :: Strong's G1144 - dakry

Aa
δάκρυ
Transliteration
dakry (Key)
Pronunciation
dak'-roo
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

δάκρυ dákry, dak'-roo; of uncertain affinity; a tear:—tear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1144 in the following manner: tear (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1144 in the following manner: tear (11x).

  1. a tear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δάκρυ dákry, dak'-roo; of uncertain affinity; a tear:—tear.
STRONGS G1144:
δάκρυ, -υος, τό, and τὸ δάκρυον, -ου, [from Homer down], a tear: Mark 9:24 R G; Acts 20:19, 31; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Timothy 1:4; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:17. The (nominative) form τὸ δάκρυον in Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4, (Isaiah 25:8). The dative plural δάκρυσι in Luke 7:38, 44 (Psalm 125:5 (Ps. 126:5); Lamentations 2:11).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
125:5; 126:5
Isaiah
25:8
Lamentations
2:11
Mark
9:24
Luke
7:38; 7:44
Acts
20:19; 20:31
2 Corinthians
2:4
2 Timothy
1:4
Hebrews
5:7; 12:17
Revelation
7:17; 21:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1144 matches the Greek δάκρυ (dakry),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 -
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night make I my bed to swim;
I water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 -
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry;
Hold not thy peace at my tears:
For I am a stranger with thee,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 -
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:8 -
Thou numberest my wanderings:
Put thou my tears into thy bottle;
Are they not in thy book?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 -
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in large measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8 -
For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
Mine eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 -
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah’s flock is taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 -
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her:
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled;
My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 -
Their heart cried unto the Lord:
O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 - Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
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