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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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First occurrence: Genesis 18:20

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Showing verses 151–160 of 168 · 181 word occurrences in this result

Micah 3:5
¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 3:5 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the Prophets that make my people erre, that bite with their teeth and crie; Peace: and he that putteth not into their mouths, they euen prepare warre against him:

1611 marginal noteChap.2.11

Micah 4:9
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 4:9 · retained source text

Now why doest thou cry out alowd? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs haue taken thee, as a woman in trauell.

Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 2:8 · retained source text

But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand shall they cry: but none shal looke backe.

1611 marginal noteOr, from the dayes that she hath bene.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause them to turn.

Habakkuk 1:2
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:2 · retained source text

O LORD, howe long shall I crie, and thou wilt not heare! euen cry out vnto thee of violence, and thou wilt not saue?

Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:11 · retained source text

For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.

1611 marginal noteOr, piece, or, fastening.

1611 marginal noteOr, witnesse against it.

Zephaniah 1:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:10 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hils.

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:14 · retained source text

The great day of the LORD is neere, it is neere, and hasteth greatly, euen the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

Zechariah 1:14
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 1:14 · retained source text

So the Angel that communed with me, said vnto me; Cry thou, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I am iealous for Ierusalem, and for Zion, with a great iealousie.

1611 marginal noteChap.8.2.

Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 1:17 · retained source text

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, My cities through prosperitie shall yet be spread abroad, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHebr. good.

Matthew 12:19
He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 12:19 · retained source text

He shall not striue, nor cry, neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets.

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