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Lexicon :: Strong's H6817 - ṣāʿaq

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צָעַק
Transliteration
ṣāʿaq
Pronunciation
tsaw-ak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1947

Strong’s Definitions

צָעַק tsâʻaq, tsaw-ak'; a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly):—× at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H6817 in the following manner: cry (44x), gather together (4x), cry out (3x), at all (1x), called (1x), gathered (1x), call together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H6817 in the following manner: cry (44x), gather together (4x), cry out (3x), at all (1x), called (1x), gathered (1x), call together (1x).

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

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cry, cry out (for help)

      2. to cry, cry out (in distress or need)

      3. to make outcry, clamour

    2. (Niphal) to be summoned

    3. (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief)

    4. (Hiphil) to call together

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָעַק tsâʻaq, tsaw-ak'; a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly):—× at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
STRONGS H6817: Abbreviations
† צָעַק verb cry, cry out, call (|| זָעַק; Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb085814 perhaps originally sound as thunder, compare bdb085815 thunderbolt, bdb085816 bellow (of bull)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularצ׳ 1 Kings 20:39; Lamentations 2:18, 3rd person feminine singular צָֽעֲקָה Deuteronomy 22:24 +, etc.; Imperfect יִצְעַק Exodus 23:22 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular וְצַעֲקִי Jeremiah 22:20, וּצֳעָ֑קִי Jeremiah 22:20; feminine plural צְעַקְנָה Jeremiah 49:3; Infinitive absolute צָעֹק Exodus 22:22; construct לִצְעֹק 2 Kings 8:3; Participle feminine singular absolute צֹעֶ֫קֶת 2 Kings 8:5; masculine plural צֹעֲקִים Genesis 4:10; Exodus 5:8; —
1. cry, cry out, for help, usually with אֶל person; —
a. unto man Genesis 41:55 (E; + ל of thing), Numbers 11:3 (JE), 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 6:26; 2 Kings 8:3 (+ אֶל of thing), 2 Kings 8:5 (+ עַל of thing); followed by אמר Exodus 5:15 (J), 2 Kings 4:1 and (אֶל person omitted) Exodus 5:8 (J), 2 Kings 4:40; 2 Kings 6:5.
b. especially unto י׳ : Genesis 4:10; Exodus 8:8 (+ עַלֿ דְּבַר of thing), Exodus 14:10, 15; Exodus 15:25; Exodus 17:4; Exodus 22:22 (צָעֹק יִצְעַק), Exodus 22:26; Numbers 12:13; Numbers 20:16; Joshua 24:7 (all J E), Judges 4:3; Judges 10:12; Deuteronomy 26:7; Isaiah 19:20 (+ מִמְּנֵי of thing), Lamentations 2:18; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 107:6; Psalm 107:28; קוֺלִי וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה אֶלאֿ׳ Psalm 77:2, compare Psalm 34:18; with לי׳ 2 Chronicles 13:14: נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 88:2.
c. cry unto (אֶל) idol Isaiah 46:7.
2. absolute cry, cry out, in distress, need; — Genesis 27:34 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Deuteronomy 22:24, 27; Isaiah 33:7 (|| בָּכָה), Isaiah 65:14 (|| הֵילִיל, opposed to רָנַן; with מִן of thing), Jeremiah 22:20 (twice in verse) (|| נָתַן קוֺל), Jeremiah 49:3 (|| הֵילִיל), Job 35:12; with object חָמָס Job 19:7 (|| אֲשַׁוַּע).
3. make outcry, clamour, Isaiah 42:2 (+ יִשָּׂא, יַשְׁמִיעַ קוֺלוֺ).
Niph.. be summoned (i.e. to arms), absolute; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּצָּעֵק Judges 7:23, 24; Judges 12:1, so 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ Judges 10:17; 2 Kings 3:21, followed by אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל + accusative of location 1 Samuel 13:4.
Pi. Participle מְצַעֵק cry aloud, in grief, 2 Kings 2:12.
Hiph. call together הַמִּצְפָּה אֶל־י׳ אֶת־הָעָם וַיַּצְעֵק 1 Samuel 10:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:10; 4:10; 27:34; 41:55

Exodus

5:8; 5:8; 5:15; 8:8; 14:10; 14:15; 15:25; 17:4; 22:22; 22:22; 22:26; 23:22

Numbers

11:3; 12:13; 20:16

Deuteronomy

22:24; 22:24; 22:27; 26:7

Joshua

24:7

Judges

4:3; 7:23; 7:24; 10:12; 10:17; 12:1

1 Samuel

10:17; 13:4

1 Kings

20:39; 20:39

2 Kings

2:12; 3:21; 4:1; 4:40; 6:5; 6:26; 8:3; 8:3; 8:5; 8:5

2 Chronicles

13:14

Nehemiah

9:27

Job

19:7; 35:12

Psalms

34:18; 77:2; 88:2; 107:6; 107:28

Isaiah

19:20; 33:7; 42:2; 46:7; 65:14

Jeremiah

22:20; 22:20; 22:20; 49:3; 49:3

Lamentations

2:18; 2:18

H6817

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6817 matches the Hebrew צָעַק (ṣāʿaq),
which occurs 55 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:10–Isa 65:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying H6817 to Me from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried H6817 out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried H6817 out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - “But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they cry H6817 out, ‘[fn]Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried H6817 out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:12 - Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried H6817 to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had [fn]inflicted upon Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel [fn]looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried H6817 out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying H6817 out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - Then he cried H6817 out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 - So Moses cried H6817 out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - “If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry H6817 out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [fn]body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries H6817 out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - The people therefore cried H6817 out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD and the fire [fn]died out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:13 - Moses cried H6817 out to the LORD, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - ‘But when we cried H6817 out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them [fn]to death; the girl, because she did not cry H6817 out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27 - “When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried H6817 out, but there was no one to save her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried H6817 to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:7 - ‘But when they cried H6817 out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - The sons of Israel cried H6817 to the LORD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - The men of Israel were summoned H6817 from Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down [fn]against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned H6817 and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - “Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried H6817 out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - Then the sons of Ammon were summoned H6817 and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, H6817 and they crossed [fn]to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:17 - Thereafter Samuel called H6817 the people together H6817 to the LORD at Mizpah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - All Israel heard [fn]the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned H6817 [fn]to Saul at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king passed by, he cried H6817 to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - Elisha saw it and cried H6817 out, “My father, my father, the [fn]chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw [fn]Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to [fn]put on armor and older were summoned H6817 and stood on the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried H6817 out to [fn]Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - So they poured it out for the men to eat. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried H6817 out and said, “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” And they were unable to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - But as one was felling a beam, [fn]the axe head fell into the water; and he cried H6817 out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried H6817 out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to [fn]appeal H6817 to the king for her house and for her field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life [fn]appealed H6817 to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - When Judah turned around, behold, [fn]they were attacked both front and rear; so they cried H6817 to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - “Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,
But when they cried H6817 to You in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - “Behold, I cry, H6817 ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12 - “There they cry H6817 out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - The righteous cry, H6817 and the LORD hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 - For the choir director; [fn]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
My voice rises to God, and I will cry H6817 aloud; H6817
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [fn]Maskil of Heman [fn]the Ezrahite.
O LORD, the God of my salvation,
I have cried H6817 out by day and in the night before You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried H6817 out to the LORD in their trouble;
He delivered them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cried H6817 to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry H6817 to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a [fn]Champion, and He will deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 - Behold, their brave men cry H6817 in [fn]the streets,
The [fn]ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:2 - “He will not cry H6817 out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - “They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry H6817 to it, it cannot answer;
It cannot deliver him from his distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14 - “Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will cry H6817 out with a [fn]heavy heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit.

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