G2799 – klaio – κλαίω bewail, weep

Strong’s ID:
G2799
Greek Word:
κλαίω
Transliteration:
klaio
Pronunciation:
klah’-yo
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage Count:
40
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Find “klaio” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of uncertain affinity; to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas G1145 is rather to cry silently):—bewail, weep.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to mourn, weep, lament
1a) weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i.e. for the pain and grief)
1b) of those who mourn for the dead
2) to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.