Midvash

זָעַקzâʻaq

זָעַק: cry, cry out, call

Pronunciation: zaw-ak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2199

Meanings

Qal

1. call, to one's aid (Judges 12:2)

2. cry, cry out, in need

e. cry out (Job 31:38; Habakkuk 2:11)

Niph`al: be called together, be called out (Judges 18:23; Judges 18:22; Judges 6:34)

Hiph`il

1. call, call out, or together (Judges 4:10; Judges 4:13; 2 Samuel 20:4)

2. make a crying (Job 35:9)

3. have proclamation made (Jonah 3:7)

4. call out to, or at (Zechariah 6:8)

ᵑ7: cry, call

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 73 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 2:23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
  • Joshua 8:16 Then all the men in the town were called out to chase after them. In this way, they were lured away from the town.
  • Judges 3:9 But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother, Kenaz.
  • Judges 3:15 But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
  • Judges 4:10 At Kedesh, Barak called together the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and 10,000 warriors went up with him. Deborah also went with him.
  • Judges 4:13 he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).