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βοάω

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Gloss: to cry out

Transliteration: boaō

Strong’s: G0994

βοάω, -ῶ
(βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא ;]
__1. absol., to cry, call out: Mat.3:3, 27:46, Mrk.1:3 15:34, Luk.3:4 9:38 18:38, Jhn.1:23, Act.8:7 17:6 25:24, Gal.4:27.
__2. C. dative, to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Hos.7:14, al.), Luk.18:7.†
<re>SYN.: καλέω, to call, invite, summon; κράζω, to cry, harshly or inarticulately, as animals; κραυγάζω, intensive of κράζω. βοάω expresses emotion, whether joy, fear, etc.</re> (AS)

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