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cry

Meaning of “cry”

1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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181 occurrences168 verses37 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:20

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Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 16:18 · retained source text

O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my cry haue no place.

Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 19:7 · retained source text

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloude, but there is no iudgement.

1611 marginal noteOr, violence.

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 27:9 · retained source text

Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

1611 marginal noteProu. 1.28. Ezech. 8.18. Iohn. 9.31. Iam. 4.3.

Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:20 · retained source text

I crie vnto thee, and thou doest not heare me: I stand vp, and thou regardest me not.

Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:24 · retained source text

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heape.

Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 31:38 · retained source text

If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof complaine:

1611 marginal noteHeb. weepe

Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 34:28 · retained source text

So that they cause the cry of the poore to come vnto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 35:9 · retained source text

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to crie: they crie out by reason of the arme of the mightie.

Job 35:12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 35:12 · retained source text

There they crie, (but none giueth answere) because of the pride of euill men.

Job 36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 36:13 · retained source text

But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them.

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