dakru, dakruon denotes tears shed in grief, distress, prayer, affectionate remembrance, and the promise that every tear will be wiped away.

The term denotes tears in situations of anguish, prayer, remembrance, and weeping: they accompany hardship and admonition, petitions offered with cries, and a woman wetting feet as she weeps. The same term also appears in the promise that every tear will be wiped away from the eyes.

1. Tears shed or wiped away · dominant

   The plural form occurs with anguish, remembrance, service amid trials, admonition, petitions, and weeping: in 2 Corinthians 2:4 the APB renders writing "through many tears," and in Hebrews 5:7 it renders petitions offered with "loud cries and tears." In Luke 7:38, the dative plural appears in the action of wetting feet while weeping; the singular accusative in Revelation 21:4 occurs in the clause that every tear will be wiped away from the eyes.

   2 Corinthians 2:4Acts 20:19Hebrews 5:7Luke 7:38Revelation 21:4Revelation 7:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with "tears" in the plural occurrences and "every tear" in the singular occurrences. Its wording places tears within the verse's larger actions and circumstances rather than providing a word-by-word alignment.