What does κραυγή (kraugḗ) mean in the Bible?
κραυγή (kraugḗ): A loud, audible cry expressing urgency, distress, or strong emotion rather than quiet speech.
Greek · G2906
κραυγή
An outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
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κραυγή G2906
Pronunciation kraugḗ
What does κραυγή (kraugḗ) mean in the Bible?
κραυγή (kraugḗ): A loud, audible cry expressing urgency, distress, or strong emotion rather than quiet speech.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2906?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include clamor (1), cries (1), crying (1), outcry (1), the cry (1).
Where does κραυγή (kraugḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Ephesians (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It clamor 1× Acts 23:9
cries 1× Hebrews 5:7
crying 1× Revelation 21:4
outcry 1× Ephesians 4:31
the cry 1× Matthew 25:6
voice 1× Luke 1:42
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 25:6 κραυγὴ to the cry Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 1:42 κραυγῇ to voice Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 23:9 κραυγὴ to clamor Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Ephesians 4:31 κραυγὴ to outcry Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Hebrews 5:7 κραυγῆς to cries Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 21:4 κραυγὴ to crying Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:6
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Ephesians 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
κραυγὴ 4x kraugē Matthew 25:6, Acts 23:9, Ephesians 4:31, Revelation 21:4
κραυγῇ 1x kraugē Luke 1:42
κραυγῆς 1x kraugēs Hebrews 5:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 25:6, Acts 23:9, Ephesians 4:31, Revelation 21:4
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 1:42
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 5:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A loud, audible cry expressing urgency, distress, or strong emotion rather than quiet speech.
Strong's G2906
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 25:6 Source Gloss
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:6 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κραυγὴ kraugh
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verse Acts 23:9 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κραυγὴ kraugh
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verse Ephesians 4:31 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κραυγὴ kraugh
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verse Hebrews 5:7 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κραυγῆς kraughv
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verse Revelation 14:18 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
κραυγῇ kraugh
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verse Revelation 21:4 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κραυγή, kraugh
a shout, clamor, outcry
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 25:6 · Acts 23:9 · Eph 4:31 · Rev 21:4 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 5:7 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:42 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A sudden loud shout or announcement calling attention to an event
Loud angry noise or shouting to be removed from Christian behavior
Fervent vocal expressions of prayer and supplication with strong emotion
Sounds of grief and lamentation that will be eliminated in eternity
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κραυγή is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain