Cry (2896) (krazo) refers to a loud cry or vociferation, expressing deep emotion. Krazo is one of those onomatopoeic words, the very pronunciation of which imitates the hoarse cry (or "croak") of the raven.
Krazo - 55x in 54v -
Mt 8:29; 7" class="scriptRef">9:27; 26" class="scriptRef">14:26, 30; 15.22-Matt.15.39" class="scriptRef">15:22f; 34" class="scriptRef">20:30f; 21:9, 15; 27:23, 50; Mark 3:11; 5:5, 7; 9:24, 26; 10.47-Mark.10.52" class="scriptRef">10:47f; 11:9; 15:13f; Luke 9:39; 18:39; 19:40; John 1:15; 7:28, 37; 12:44; Acts 7:57, 60; 14:14; 16:17; 19:28, 32, 34; 21:28, 36; 23:6; 24:21; Rom 8:15; 9:27; Gal 4:6; Jas 5:4; Rev 6:10; 7:2, 10; 10:3; 12:2; 14:15; 18:2, 18f; 19:17.
Krazo is translated (NAS) - cried(20), cries(2), cry(5), crying(12), screaming(1), screams(1), shout(1), shouted(4), shouting(8).
Matthew 8:29 And they (demons Jesus had just called out) cried out, saying, "What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?"
Krazo - 88v in the Septuagint -
8.41" class="scriptRef">41.5" class="scriptRef">55" class="scriptRef">Gen 41:55; Ex 5:8; 22:23; 7" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">32:17; Num 11:2; Josh 6:16; Jdg 1:14; 9" class="scriptRef">3:9, 15; 4:3; 24" class="scriptRef">24" class="scriptRef">18:24; 13" class="scriptRef">13.19" class="scriptRef">2 Sam 13:19; 19:4, 28" class="scriptRef">28" class="scriptRef">28; Job 6:5; 19:7; 20" class="scriptRef">30:20, 28; 34:20; 35:9, 12; 38:41; Ps 3:4; 4:3; 17:6; 18:6, 41; 22:2, 5, 24; 27:7; 28:1; 30:2, 8; 31:22; 32:3; 34:6, 17; 55:16; 57:2; 61:2; 65:13; 66:17; 69:3; 77:1; 86:3, 7; 88:1, 9, 13; 107:6, 13, 19, 28; 119:145ff; 120:1; 130:1; 141:1; 142:1, 5; Isa 6:3; 14:31; 15:4; 19:20; 26:17; 31:4; 42:2; 65:14, 24; Jer 4:5; 11:11f; 22:20; 25:34; 33:3; 47:2; 48:3, 20; 49:3; Lam 3:8; Ezek 27:30; Hos 8:2; Joel 1:14; Mic 3:4; Hab 1:2; Zech 7:13
One sign of a child is that he or she knows their earthly father (tragically this maxim is far from true in post-Christian America [circa 2009] where out of wedlock childbirths are the rule rather than the exception and are ravaging the nation, leaving many children without "on site" fathers! I understand for my own testimony is integrally intertwined with the truth of an "off site", unknown father!) One sign of the child of God is that he or she knows their heavenly Father.
ABBA! FATHER!
Spurgeon...
Does your spirit cry in that way to-night? Even if you be in the dark, yet if you cry for your Father, you will soon be in the light. There is no need to be distressed with any form of doubt so long as the Spirit makes this continual breathing, “Abba, Father, show thyself to me. Do what thou wilt to me. Let me taste thy love. Let me at least bow under thy hand.”
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