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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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Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
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1611 witness · Jonah 1:2 · retained source text

Arise, goe to Nineueh that great citie, and cry against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.

1611 marginal noteGene. 10.11-12. Cha. 3.3.

Jonah 3:8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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1611 witness · Jonah 3:8 · retained source text

But let man and beast be couered with sackecloth, and cry mightily vnto God: yea, let them turne euery one from his euill way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

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