Definition
a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
Traditional renderings: × at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Traditional renderings: × at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צָעַק:
- βοάωboaō“to cry out”61%
- ἀναβοάωanaboaō“to cry out”26%
- κράζωkrazō“to cry”6%
- ἀναβαίνωanabainō“to ascend”3%
- παραγγέλλωparangellō“to order”3%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
55 total
- Genesis 4:10צֹעֲקִ֥ים · cries out“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 27:34וַיִּצְעַ֣ק · he let outWhen Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
- Genesis 41:55וַיִּצְעַ֥ק · cried outWhen extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
- Exodus 5:8צֹֽעֲקִים֙ · are crying outBut require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- Exodus 5:15וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ · and appealedSo the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
- Exodus 8:12וַיִּצְעַ֤ק · for helpAfter Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
- Exodus 14:10וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ · and cried outAs Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
- Exodus 14:15תִּצְעַ֖ק · are you crying outThen the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
- Exodus 15:25וַיִּצְעַ֣ק · And [Moses] cried outAnd Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Exodus 17:4וַיִּצְעַ֤ק · cried outThen Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
- Exodus 22:23צָעֹ֤ק · [and] they cry out; יִצְעַק֙ · in distressIf you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
- Exodus 22:27יִצְעַ֣ק · he cries out…because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
- Numbers 11:2וַיִּצְעַ֥ק · cried outAnd the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
- Numbers 12:13וַיִּצְעַ֣ק · cried outSo Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
- Numbers 20:16וַנִּצְעַ֤ק · and when we cried out…and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
- Deuteronomy 22:24צָעֲקָ֣ה · cry out…you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:27צָעֲקָ֗ה · cried outWhen he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
- Deuteronomy 26:7וַנִּצְעַ֕ק · So we called outSo we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
- Joshua 24:7וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ · So [your fathers] cried outSo your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
- Judges 4:3וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ · cried outThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Judges 7:23וַיִּצָּעֵ֧ק · were called outThen the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
- Judges 7:24וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק · were called outGideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
- Judges 10:12וַתִּצְעֲק֣וּ · and you cried outSidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- Judges 10:17וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ֙ · were called to armsThen the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
- Judges 12:1וַיִּצָּעֵק֙ · assembledThen the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
- 1 Samuel 10:17וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק · summonedAfter this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 1 Samuel 13:4וַיִּצָּעֲק֥וּ · were summonedAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Kings 20:39צָעַ֣ק · cried outAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
- 2 Kings 2:12מְצַעֵק֙ · cried outAs Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
- 2 Kings 3:21וַיִּצָּעֲק֗וּ · were summonedNow all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
- 2 Kings 4:1צָעֲקָ֨ה · cried outNow the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- 2 Kings 4:40צָעָ֗קוּ · cried outAnd they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
- 2 Kings 6:5וַיִּצְעַ֥ק · he cried outAs one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
- 2 Kings 6:26צָעֲקָ֤ה · cried outAs the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- 2 Kings 8:3לִצְעֹ֣ק · to appealAt the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
- 2 Kings 8:5צֹעֶ֣קֶת · came to appealAnd Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:14וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּ · they cried outWhen Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
- Nehemiah 9:27יִצְעֲק֣וּ · they cried outSo You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
- Job 19:7אֶצְעַ֣ק · I cry outThough I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Job 35:12יִ֭צְעֲקוּ · they cry outThere they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
- Psalm 34:17צָעֲק֣וּ · The righteous cry outThe righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Psalm 77:1וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה · I cried aloudFor the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
- Psalm 88:1צָעַ֖קְתִּי · I cry outA song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- Psalm 107:6וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ · Then they cried outThen they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:28וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ · Then they cried outThen they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Isaiah 19:20יִצְעֲק֤וּ · they cry outIt will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
- Isaiah 33:7צָעֲק֖וּ · cry aloudBehold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
- Isaiah 42:2יִצְעַ֖ק · cry outHe will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
- Isaiah 46:7יִצְעַ֤ק · They cry outThey lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.