κλαίω

κλαίω — klaíō

κλαίω; imperfect ἔκλαιον; future κλαύσω (Luk 6:25; Joh 16:20; and Tr WH text in Rev 18:9, for κλαύσομαι. more common in Greek writ, especially the earlier, and found in Lev 10:6; Joe 2:17, and according to most editions in Rev 18:9; cf. Krüger, § 40 under the word, i., p. 175f; Kühner, § 343, under the word, i., p. 847; (Veitch, under the word); Buttmann, 60 (53); (Winer's Grammar, 87 (83))); 1 aorist ἔκλαυσα; the Sept. frequently for בָּכָה; (from Homer down); to mourn, weep, lament;

a. intransitive: Mar 14:72; Mar 16:10; Luk 7:13; Luk 7:38; Joh 11:31; Joh 11:33; Joh 20:11; Joh 20:13; Joh 20:15; Act 9:39; Act 21:13; Rev.;; πολλά, for which L T Tr WH πολύ, Rev 5:4; πικρῶς, Mat 26:75; Luk 22:62; weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i. e. for pain and grief), Luk 6:21; Luk 6:25 (opposed to γελαν); Joh 16:20; Rom 12:15 (opposed to χαίρειν); Php 3:18; 1Co 7:30; Jas 4:9; Jas 5:1; of those who mourn the dead: Mar 5:38; Luk 7:32; Luk 8:52; ἐπί τίνι, over anyone, Luk 19:41 R G (Sir 22:11); also joined with πενθεῖν, Rev 18:11 R G L; κλαίειν ἐπί τινα, Luk 19:41 L T Tr WH;; joined with κόπτεσθαι followed by ἐπί τινα, Rev 18:9 T Tr WH.

b. transitive, τινα, to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 4; Winer's Grammar, 32, 1 γ.): Mat 2:18, and Rec. in Rev 18:9. [SYNONYMS: δακρύω, κλαίω, ὀδύρομαι, θρηνέω, ἀλαλάζω (ὀλολύζω), στενάζω: strictly, δακρύω denotes to shed tears, weep silently; κλαίω to weep audibly, to cry as a child; ὀδύρομαι to give verbal expression to grief, to lament; θρηνέω to give formal expression to grief, to sing a dirge; ἀλαλάζω to wail in oriental style, to howl in a consecrated, semi-liturgical fashion; στενάζω to express grief by inarticulate or semi-articulate sounds, to groan. Cf. Schmidt chh. 26, 126.]