Strong's Hebrew · H6817
H6817 tsâʻaq
צָעַק
tsaw-ak'
to cry
tsâʻaq appears 55 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:10 and Exodus 5:8. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
In the King James Version
× at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 55 times in Scripture
““What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.”
“Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!””
“And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,”
“As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.”
“When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!””
“So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?”
“When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.””
“But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’”
“After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
