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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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Nehemiah 9:9
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:9 · retained source text

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the red Sea,

1611 marginal noteExod. 3.7. and 14.10.

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
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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:

Esther 9:31
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 9:31 · retained source text

To confirme these dayes of Purim, in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Iew, and Esther the Queene had enioyned them, and as they had decreed for themselues and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

1611 marginal noteHebr for their soules.

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
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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
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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
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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

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