Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

cried

Meaning of “cried”

1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
199 occurrences195 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 27:34

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “cried”

KJV PCE

Remembering a verse with different wording? Find a verse across the Bible →

Showing verses 71–80 of 195 · 199 word occurrences in this result

2 Chronicles 18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:31 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the captaines of the charets saw Iehoshaphat, that they sayd, It is the king of Israel: therefore they compassed about him to fight. But Iehoshaphat cryed out, and the LORD helped him, and God moued them to depart from him.

2 Chronicles 32:18
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:18 · retained source text

Then they cryed with a loude voice in the Iewes speech vnto the people of Ierusalem that were on the wal, to affright them, and to trouble them, that they might take the city.

2 Chronicles 32:20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:20 · retained source text

For this cause Hezekiah the king, and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz, prayed and cryed to heauen.

Nehemiah 9:4
¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:4 · retained source text

¶ Then stoode vp, vpon the staires of the Leuites, Ieshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cryed with a loude voice vnto the LORD their God.

1611 marginal noteOr, scaffold.

Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:27 · retained source text

Therefore thou deliueredst them into the hande of their enemies, who vexed them, & in the time of their trouble, when they cried vnto thee, thou heardest them from heauen: and according to thy manifold mercies, thou gauest them sauiours, who saued them out of the hand of their enemies.

Nehemiah 9:28
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:28 · retained source text

But after they had rest, they did euill againe before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion ouer them: yet when they returned and cried vnto thee, thou heardest them from heauen, and many times didst thou deliuer them, according to thy mercies:

1611 marginal noteHebr. they returned to doe euill.

Esther 4:1
WHEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 4:1 · retained source text

¶ When Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the citie, and cried with a loud and a bitter crie:

Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 29:12 · retained source text

Because I deliuered the poore that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.

Job 30:5
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:5 · retained source text

They were driuen foorth from among men, (they cried after them, as after a thiefe.)

Job 30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:28 · retained source text

I went mourning without the Sunne: I stood vp, and I cried in the Congregation.

Complete reference index — all 195 verses

Where “cried” appears

Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.

Source order

Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

preterit tense and part. of cry.

volume 1, leaf 511, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 179)