βοάω, -ῶ (βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא;] 1) absol,
to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27. 2) C. dative,
to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.
SYN.: καλέω,
to call, invite, summon; κράζω,
to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc. (
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