Boáō — G994

Definition

verb

to halloo, i.e. shout (for help or in a tumultuous way)

1. to raise a cry
2. to cry i. e. speak with a high, strong voice
3. πρός τινα to cry to one for help, implore his aid

Usually translated as

cry

Origin

apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb

Occurrences

Boáō occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2), Luke (3), John (1), Acts (3), Galatians (1), James (1)

• Matthew 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying (βοῶντος) in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Mark 1:3 — The voice of one crying (βοῶντος) in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried (ἐβόησεν) with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
• Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying (βοῶντος) in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry (βοώντων) day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Luke 18:38 — And he cried (ἐβόησεν), saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
• John 1:23 — He said, I am the voice of one crying (βοῶντος) in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
• Acts 8:7 — For unclean spirits, crying (βοῶντα) with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
• Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying (βοῶντες), These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• Acts 21:34 — And some cried one thing, some another (εβοων), among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
• Galatians 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry (βόησον), thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.