# זַעַק (zaaq)

Israeli respelling: za-aq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2201. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

a shriek or outcry

King James renderings: cry(-ing).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/zaaq-h2201

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 18:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/20) — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- [Nehemiah 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/6) — And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
- [Nehemiah 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/9) — And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
- [Esther 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 c…
- [Esther 9:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Job 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/18) — O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
- [Proverbs 21:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/13) — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/17) — The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
- [Isaiah 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 we…
- [Isaiah 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/8) — For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
- [Isaiah 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/19) — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when…
- [Isaiah 65:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Jeremiah 18:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 snar…
- [Jeremiah 20:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 48:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/4) — Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
- [Jeremiah 48:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 o…
- [Jeremiah 50:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/46) — At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
- [Jeremiah 51:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/54) — A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
- [Ezekiel 27:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/28) — The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.