Weeping Weep

Weeping Weep

'''A — 1: κλαίω (Strong'S #2799 — Verb — klaio — klah'-yo )

is used of "any loud expression of grief," especially in mourning for the dead,  Matthew 2:18;  Mark 5:38,39;  16:10;  Luke 7:13;  8:52 (twice);   John 11:31,33 (twice); 20:11 (twice),13,15;   Acts 9:39; otherwise, e.g., in exhortations,  Luke 23:28;  Romans 12:15;  James 4:9;  5:1; negatively, "weep not,"  Luke 7:13;  8:52;  23:28;  Revelation 5:5 (cp.   Acts 21:13 ); in  Revelation 18:9 , Rv, "shall weep" (Av, "bewail") See Bewail.

'''A — 2: δακρύω (Strong'S #1145 — Verb — dakruo — dak-roo'-o )

"to shed tears" (dakruon, "a tear"), is used only of the Lord Jesus,  John 11:35 .

Bewail

'''B — 1: κλαυθμός (Strong'S #2805 — Noun Masculine — klauthmos — klowth-mos' )

akin to A, No. 1, denotes "weeping, crying,"  Matthew 2:18;  8:12;  13:42,50 , Rv (Av, "wailing"); 22:13; 24:51; 25:30;  Luke 13:28;  Acts 20:37 .