to weep

Greek Verb

κλαίω [in LXX chiefly for בָּכָה;] of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, esp. for the dead, to weep, lament; (a) intrans: Mrk.5:38-39 14:72 (M, Pr., 131) Mrk.16:10, Luk.7:13, 32 7:38 8:52, Jhn.11:31, 33 16:20 20:11, 13 20:15 Act.9:39 21:13, 1Co.7:30, Php.3:18, Jas.4:9 5:1, Rev.5:5 18:15, 19; πολύ, Rev.5:4; πολλά, Act.8:24 (WH, mg.); πικρῶς, Mat.26:75, Luk.22:62; opposite to γελάω, Luk.6:21, 25; χαίρω, Rom.12:15; before ἐπί, with accusative, Luk.19:41 23:28, Rev.18:9; (b) trans, with accusative of person(s), to weep or lament for, bewail: Mat.2:18. SYN.: see: δακρύω (AS)

to weep

Greek Verb

κλαίω, old Attic dialect κλάω (see. below) [ᾱ] never contracted; Aeolic dialect κλαΐω [Refs]; Epic dialect 2nd pers. singular optative κλαίοισθα [Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect ἔκλᾱον, Epic dialect κλαῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect κλαίεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]future κλαύσομαι, 2nd pers. singular κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also κλαιήσω [NT+4th c.BC+]aorist ἔκλαυσα, Epic dialect κλαῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, future κλαυσθήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλαύσθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect κέκλαυμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] is recognized as Attic dialect by [Refs 2nd c.AD+], and is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] I) intransitive, cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως [Refs 8th c.BC+]; for the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγοντα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of infants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τ᾽ οἰωνοί κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2) αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω [Refs] shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, [Refs 8th c.BC+] he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opposed to χαίρειν σοι λέγω) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σέ δ᾽ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, [Refs] II) transitive, weep for, lament, κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be mourned or lamented, ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) cry for, of infants, μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) middle, bewail oneself, weep aloud, [Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect participle passive κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) transitive, bewail to oneself, πάθη. πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently); bewail, weep; of uncertain affinity