Strong’s G2906 · Greek

κραυγή
kraugḗ

Definition

an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)

Etymology

from G2896 (κράζω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • clamour
  • cry(-ing)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

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