krazō · cry out

What it means

krazō (κράζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cry out”.

Shout, cry out.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To raise one's voice loudly out of fear, pain or urgency, or to announce something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To shout, to cry out aloud. It is said of the cry of fear or of pleading, of the crowd that shouts, and also of a solemn proclamation. Of the same family is κραυγή, ‘outcry’.

• The cry of one who asks for help Matthew 14:30Mark 10:47Matthew 15:22
• The crowd that shouts Matthew 21:9Mark 15:13Acts 19:32
• The unclean spirits that cry out Mark 3:11Mark 5:7
• Jesus cries out aloud John 7:37Matthew 27:50
• “Abba, Father”: the cry of the Spirit Romans 8:15Galatians 4:6

How we translate it

Almost always “cry out” (“cried out” 25 times, “crying out” 18, “cry out” 6), whoever cries: the sick, the crowd, the demon-possessed, Jesus in a solemn announcement (John 7:37), an angel in Revelation, or the cry of the Spirit (“by which we cry out, Abba, Father”, Romans 8:15). “Were shouting” or “kept shouting” twice for the noise of a crowd (Acts 19:32; Matthew 27:23).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cried out ×25
• crying out ×18
• cry out ×6
• cries out ×3
• crying ×1
• kept shouting ×1
• were shouting ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×12
• Mark×10
• Luke×3
• John×4
• Acts×11
• Romans×2
• Galatians×1
• James×1
• Revelation×11

• Matthew 8:29

  And look, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

• Matthew 9:27

  And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 14:26

  But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.

• Matthew 14:30

  But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 15:23

  But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and were urging him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”

• Matthew 20:30

  And look, two blind men sitting beside the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 20:31

  But the crowd rebuked them so that they would be silent; but they cried out louder, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 21:9

  And the crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

• Matthew 21:15

  But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant

• Matthew 27:23

  And he said, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

• Matthew 27:50

  And Jesus, crying out again with a loud voice, let go of his spirit.

• Mark 3:11

  And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, would fall down before him and cry out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”

• Mark 5:5

  And always, night and day, among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

• Mark 5:7

  and crying out with a loud voice, he says, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”

• Mark 9:24

  At once the father of the child cried out and was saying, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

• Mark 9:26

  And crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and he became like a corpse, so that most were saying that he had died.

• Mark 10:47

  And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”

• Mark 10:48

  And many were rebuking him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

• Mark 11:9

  And those who went ahead and those who followed were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

• Mark 15:13

  And they cried out again, “Crucify him!”

• Mark 15:14

  But Pilate was saying to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him!”

• Luke 9:39

  And look, a spirit seizes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it convulses him with foam, and it scarcely leaves him, battering him.

• Luke 18:39

  And those who were going ahead were rebuking him so that he would be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

• Luke 19:40

  And he answered and said, “I tell you that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.”

• John 1:15

  John testifies about him and has cried out, saying, “This was the one I spoke of: ‘He who comes after me has come to be ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”

• John 7:28

  So Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, “You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

• John 7:37

  Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

• John 12:44

  But Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me but in the one who sent me.

• Acts 7:57

  But crying out with a loud voice, they covered their ears and rushed with one mind at him.

• Acts 7:60

  And falling on his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And having said this, he fell asleep.

• Acts 14:14

  But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

• Acts 16:17

  She, following Paul and us, kept crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.”

• Acts 19:28

  And when they heard this and became full of rage, they were crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

• Acts 19:32

  So some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

• Acts 19:34

  But when they recognized that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

• Acts 21:28

  crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place; and moreover he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

• Acts 21:36

  for the multitude of the people was following, crying out, “Away with him!”

• Acts 23:6

  And Paul, knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am being judged.”

• Acts 24:21

  unless it is about this one statement that I cried out while standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged today before you.’”

And 15 more times.