# G2799 κλαίω

κλαίω (klaíō), Strong’s G2799: to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently) KJV: bewail, weep. Occurs 177 times.

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*klaíō* — to sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)

KJV: bewail, weep

Occurs 177 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 2:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=18) — “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be…
- [Matthew 26:75](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=75) — Peter remembered the word which Yeshua had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then…
- [Mark 5:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/5?v=38) — He came to the synagogue ruler’s house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
- [Mark 5:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/5?v=39) — When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
- [Mark 14:72](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=72) — The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the words that Yeshua said to him, “Before the rooster crows…
- [Mark 16:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/16?v=10) — She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
- [Luke 6:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/6?v=21) — Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- [Luke 6:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/6?v=25) — Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- [Luke 7:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/7?v=13) — When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Don’t cry.”
- [Luke 7:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/7?v=32) — They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t…