Lexical Summary
klauthmos: Weeping, lamentation
Original Word: κλαυθμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: klauthmos
Pronunciation: klowth-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (klowth-mos')
KJV: wailing, weeping, X wept
NASB: weeping, weep
Word Origin: [from G2799 (κλαίω - weep)]
1. lamentation
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
wailing, weeping
From klaio; lamentation -- wailing, weeping, X wept.
see GREEK klaio
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Cognate: 2805 klauthmós (from 2799 /klaíō, "to grieve audibly") – bitter grief that springs from feeling utterly hopeless. 2805 /klauthmós ("wailing") is usually accompanied by shrieks, brought on by uncontainable emotional (psychological) pain.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
klaióDefinitionweeping
NASB Translationweep (1), weeping (9).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2805: κλαυθμόςκλαυθμός,
κλαυθμοῦ,
ὁ (
κλαίω); from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
בְּכִי;
weeping, lamentation:
Matthew 2:18; (
