Strong's #2799: klaio (pronounced klah'-yo)

of uncertain affinity; to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently):--bewail, weep.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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klaiō

1) to mourn, weep, lament

1a) weeping as the sign of pain and grief for the thing signified (i.e. for the pain and grief)

1b) of those who mourn for the dead

2) to weep for, mourn for, bewail, one

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: of uncertain affinity

Citing in TDNT: 3:722, 436

Usage:

This word is used 40 times:

 

Matthew 2:18: "great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would"
Matthew 26:75: "And he went out, and wept bitterly."
Mark 5:38: "and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly."
Mark 5:39: "Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead,"
Mark 14:72: "thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept."
Mark 16:10: "him, as they mourned and wept."
Luke 6:21: "for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh."
Luke 6:25: "for ye shall mourn and weep."
Luke 7:13: "and said unto her, Weep not."
Luke 7:32: "to you, and ye have not wept."
Luke 7:38: "his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet"
Luke 8:52: "And all wept, and bewailed her: but he"
Luke 8:52: "but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but"
Luke 19:41: "he beheld the city, and wept over it,"
Luke 22:62: "Peter went out, and wept bitterly."
Luke 23:28: "said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but"
Luke 23:28: "for me, but weep for yourselves, and for"
John 11:31: "the grave to weep there."
John 11:33: "therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping"
John 11:33: "and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the"
John 16:20: "unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the"
John 20:11: "at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down,"
John 20:11: "weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher,"
John 20:13: "unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away"
John 20:15: "unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing"
Acts 9:39: "widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and"
Acts 21:13: "answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart?"
Romans 12:15: "and weep with them that weep."
Romans 12:15: "with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."
1 Corinthians 7:30: "And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though"
1 Corinthians 7:30: "And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though"
Philippians 3:18: "now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross"
James 4:9: "and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to"
James 5:1: "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries"
Revelation 5:4: "And I wept much, because no man was found worthy"
Revelation 5:5: "elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion"
Revelation 18:9: "lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for"
Revelation 18:11: "merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;"
Revelation 18:15: "the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,"
Revelation 18:19: "heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas,"