זַעַק
zaʻaq · zah'-ak
a shriek or outcry
Lexicon
Derivation: and (feminine) זְעָקָהxlit zᵉâqâh corrected to zᵉʻâqâh; from H2199 (זָעַק);
a shriek or outcry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cry(-ing).
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To cut, to sustain that works to see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַעַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their cry2 · 11%
- because the cry1 · 6%
- cry1 · 6%
- and their cry1 · 6%
- and let my cry1 · 6%
- at the cry1 · 6%
- more than the cry1 · 6%
- a cry1 · 6%
- for the cry1 · 6%
- of crying1 · 6%
- let a cry1 · 6%
- the cry1 · 6%
- have caused a cry1 · 6%
- from the cry1 · 6%
- and the cry1 · 6%
- of a cry1 · 6%
- of the cry1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.