Lexicon
κραυγή
kraugē
G2906
G:N-F Greek

shouting

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Krauge denotes a loud vocal outcry, heard in dispute, announcement, prayer, praise, and grief.

The attested use denotes a loud vocal outcry across varied settings: a contentious public response, an announcement, an exclamation of blessing, petitions with tears, and cries that are rejected or ended. The contexts change, but the supplied forms consistently occur where raised vocal expression is in view.

Senses in use

  1. Loud vocal outcry · dominant

    The nominative singular form occurs when a great outcry arises amid sharp contention in Acts 23:9, when an announcement is raised at midnight in Matthew 25:6, and among things to be put away or no longer present in Ephesians 4:31 and Revelation 21:4. In Luke 1:42 the dative singular accompanies an emphatic exclamation of blessing, while in Hebrews 5:7 the genitive singular is associated with petitions, supplications, and tears; the APB renders these clauses with expressions including "great shouting," "a shout," and "loud cries."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the verses, using "shouting," "clamor," "loud cries," "a shout," and "crying." These are renderings of each verse's overall clause rather than fixed equivalents for the term.

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