Tsaaqah צְעָקָה

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Tsaaqah (Hebrew צְעָקָה, Strong's H6818) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “cry”. It occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) cry, outcry
1a) outcry (against)
1b) cry of distress (especially as heard by God)

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

KJV	cry (18), crying (2), them (1)
BSB	cry (5), outcry (3), their cry (3), justify the outcry (1), crying out (1), wailing (1), his cry (1), they caused the cry (1), cry of distress (1), cries out (1), cries (1)

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

Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
Genesis 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
Genesis 27:34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Exodus 3:9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Exodus 11:6
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
Exodus 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

1 Samuel 4:14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
1 Samuel 9:16
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Jeremiah 25:36
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
Jeremiah 48:3
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Jeremiah 48:5
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
Jeremiah 49:21
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

Zephaniah 1:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

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.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).