זְעָקָהnoun femininecry, outcry, absolute
׳זJeremiah 18:22 5t.; construct
זַעֲקַתGenesis 18:20 3t.; suffix
זַעֲקָתִיJob 16:18;
זַעֲקָתָםIsaiah 15:5 3t.; —
1outcry, against, זַעֲקַת׳סְדֹם וגוGenesis 18:20 (J).
2cry of distress, concerning something זַעֲקַתשֶֿׁבֶרIsaiah 15:5 (object of יְעֹעֵ֑רוּ; compare בִּבְכִי in prev. clause); absolute Isaiah 15:8 (subject of הִקִּיפָה, "" יְלָלָה); Jeremiah 18:22 (׳תִּשָּׁמַע ז), Jeremiah 20:16; Jeremiah 48:4; Jeremiah 50:46; Nehemiah 5:6; Nehemiah 9:9 (all with שׁמע), Jeremiah 48:34 (jointed with נתן קול), Job 16:18; Esther 9:31 (lamentation), compare Esther 4:1 (גְּדוֺלָה וּמָרָה׳ז, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with זעק); specifically זעקתדָּֿ֑לProverbs 21:13cry of poor; ׳קול זIsaiah 65:19 ("" קול בכי), Jeremiah 51:54; Ezekiel 27:28.
3outcry, clamourזעקת מושׁל בַּכְּסִילִיםEcclesiastes 9:17 (opposed to דברי חכמים בְּנַחַת נשׁמעים).
זער (Arabic
be scanty, of hair, plumage, etc.; Aramaic
, זְעַרbe or grow small; compare צער).
Strong's Hebrew: 2201. זְעָקָה (zeaqah) — 19 Occurrences
Genesis 18:20
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה זַעֲקַ֛ת סְדֹ֥ם וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה
NAS: said, The outcry of Sodom
KJV: said, Because the cry of Sodom
INT: said and the LORD the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah
Nehemiah 5:6
HEB:שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־ זַֽעֲקָתָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת הַדְּבָרִ֥ים
NAS: I had heard their outcry and these
KJV: when I heard their cry and these words.
INT: I had heard their outcry words and these
Nehemiah 9:9
HEB:בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־ זַעֲקָתָ֥ם שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ עַל־
NAS: And heard their cry by the Red
KJV: and heardest their cry by the Red
INT: of our fathers Egypt their cry and heard and
Esther 4:1
HEB:הָעִ֔יר וַיִּזְעַ֛ק זְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה וּמָרָֽה׃
KJV: with a loud and a bitter cry;
INT: of the city and wailed cry loudly and bitterly
Esther 9:31
HEB:דִּבְרֵ֥י הַצֹּמ֖וֹת וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃
NAS: for their times of fasting and their lamentations.
KJV: of the fastings and their cry.
INT: instructions their times and their lamentations
Job 16:18
HEB:יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃
NAS: [resting] place for my cry.
KJV: not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
INT: become place my cry
Proverbs 21:13
HEB:אֹטֵ֣ם אָ֭זְנוֹ מִזַּעֲקַת־ דָּ֑ל גַּֽם־
NAS: his ear to the cry of the poor
KJV: his ears at the cry of the poor,
INT: shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will also
Ecclesiastes 9:17
HEB:בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃
KJV: in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth
INT: quietness heard the cry of a ruler fools
Isaiah 15:5
HEB:דֶּ֣רֶךְ חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם זַעֲקַת־ שֶׁ֖בֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃
NAS: they raise a cry of distress over [their] ruin.
KJV: they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
INT: the road to Horonaim A cry over ruin raise
Isaiah 15:8
HEB:כִּֽי־ הִקִּ֥יפָה הַזְּעָקָ֖ה אֶת־ גְּב֣וּל
NAS:For the cry of distress has gone around
KJV:For the cry is gone round about
INT: for has gone the cry the territory of Moab
Isaiah 30:19
HEB:יָחְנְךָ֙ לְק֣וֹל זַעֲקֶ֔ךָ כְּשָׁמְעָת֖וֹ עָנָֽךְ׃
INT: be gracious the sound cry hears will answer
Isaiah 65:19
HEB:בְּכִ֖י וְק֥וֹל זְעָקָֽה׃
NAS: of weeping and the sound of crying.
KJV: in her, nor the voice of crying.
INT: of weeping and the sound of crying
Jeremiah 18:22
HEB: תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־
NAS:May an outcry be heard
KJV:Let a cry be heard from their houses,
INT: be heard may an outcry their houses When
Jeremiah 20:16
HEB:נִחָ֑ם וְשָׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וּתְרוּעָ֖ה
NAS: And let him hear an outcry in the morning
KJV: not: and let him hear the cry in the morning,
INT: relenting hear an outcry the morning shout
Jeremiah 48:4
HEB:מוֹאָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה [צְעֹורֶיהָ כ]
NAS: have sounded out a cry [of distress].
KJV: her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
INT: Moab have sounded A cry least
Jeremiah 48:34
HEB: מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן עַד־
NAS:From the outcry at Heshbon
KJV:From the cry of Heshbon
INT:the outcry Heshbon even
Jeremiah 50:46
HEB:נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וּזְעָקָ֖ה בַּגּוֹיִ֥ם נִשְׁמָֽע׃
NAS: is shaken, and an outcry is heard
KJV: is moved, and the cry is heard
INT: is shaken the earth and an outcry the nations is heard
Jeremiah 51:54
HEB: ק֥וֹל זְעָקָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל וְשֶׁ֥בֶר
NAS: The sound of an outcry from Babylon,
KJV: A sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon,
INT: the sound of an outcry Babylon destruction
Ezekiel 27:28
HEB: לְק֖וֹל זַעֲקַ֣ת חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ
NAS: At the sound of the cry of your pilots
KJV: at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
INT: the sound of the cry of your pilots will shake