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kraugazo means to cry out, call out, or shout aloud. The New Testament uses it for several kinds of raised voice: the quietness of the Servant who does not quarrel in the streets, demonic shouts that Jesus silences, Jesus' commanding call to Lazarus, the crowd's praise as He enters Jerusalem, hostile cries for crucifixion, and a mob's agitation against Paul.
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kraugazo means to cry out, call out, or shout aloud. The New Testament uses it for several kinds of raised voice: the quietness of the Servant who does not quarrel in the streets, demonic shouts that Jesus silences, Jesus' commanding call to Lazarus, the crowd's praise as He enters Jerusalem, hostile cries for crucifixion, and a mob's agitation against Paul.
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they shouted (3), shouting (2), cry out (1), He called out (1), kept shouting (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:19. Its strongest book concentrations include John (6), Acts (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Kraugazo means to cry out, call out, or shout aloud. The New Testament uses it for several kinds of raised voice: the quietness of the Servant who does not quarrel in the streets, demonic shouts that Jesus silences, Jesus' commanding call to Lazarus, the crowd's praise as He enters Jerusalem, hostile cries for crucifixion, and a mob's agitation against Paul.
The word itself does not decide whether the cry is faithful, fearful, authoritative, or rebellious; the speaker and setting do. Pastorally, kraugazo helps readers hear that loud speech can confess truth, spread confusion, voice worship, obey Christ's command, or harden into mob pressure. The passage must govern the moral meaning of the shout.
Kraugazo describes a raised cry or shout. These anchors show the promised Servant's restraint, demonic disclosure silenced by Jesus, Jesus calling Lazarus from the tomb, public praise at the triumphal entry, rejection before Pilate, and mob agitation against Paul.
He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
Matthew applies Isaiah's Servant language to Jesus. The absence of street-cries displays His gentle, Spirit-anointed mission.
Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
Demonic shouting names Jesus truly but from an unclean source. Jesus governs the witness and silences it.
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
Jesus calls Lazarus with loud authority. Here the raised voice serves life-giving command.
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
The crowd shouts royal praise as Jesus enters Jerusalem. kraugazo marks public acclamation.
As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
Religious leaders shout for crucifixion while Pilate finds no basis for a charge. Loud speech can press injustice.
As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
The crowd's shouting escalates public hostility against Paul. The word marks agitation more than reasoned testimony.
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Greek word. To cry out vehemently with loud voice; emphatic shouting rather than ordinary speech.
To cry out vehemently with loud voice; emphatic shouting rather than ordinary speech.
= κράζω
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
Read verseI cry aloud, shout
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Kraugazo reminds preachers that Scripture does not measure speech by volume alone. Jesus fulfills the Servant pattern without public quarrels, silences demonic shouts that say true things from unclean mouths, and calls Lazarus from death with sovereign authority. The same word can describe palm-branch praise and the later demand for crucifixion, as well as a crowd raging against Paul.
Loudness may serve life, worship, deception, injustice, or panic. The pastoral question is therefore not simply whether voices are raised, but whether the voice is governed by truth, love, holiness, and submission to Christ. Faithful proclamation may be public and bold, but it must not become mob pressure, manipulation, or spectacle.
John.11.43
Kraugazo focuses on the vocal act of crying out or shouting. It does not by itself mark the cry as faithful or sinful; the moral weight comes from speaker, content, and context.
Scripture is full of cries to God, cries of praise, and cries of rebellion. The New Testament use of kraugazo continues that pattern by making the speaker's allegiance and the cry's content decisive.
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