Zeaqah זְעָקָה

Zeaqah (Hebrew זְעָקָה, Strong's H2201) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “outcry”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zeaqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 18:20
  And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 5:6
  And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
• Nehemiah 9:9
  And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Esther

• Esther 4:1
  When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
• Esther 9:31
  To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.

Job

• Job 16:18
  O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 21:13
  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 9:17
  The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 15:5
  My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
• Isaiah 15:8
  For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
• Isaiah 65:19
  And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 18:22
  Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• Jeremiah 20:16
  And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
• Jeremiah 48:4
  Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
• Jeremiah 48:34
  From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
• Jeremiah 50:46
  At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
• Jeremiah 51:54
  A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 27:28
  The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).