The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κλαίω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaκλαίω
Citation formκλαίω
Part of speechverb
GlossI weep, weep for, mourn
Strong’sG2799
Transliterationklaíō
Definitionto sob, i.e. wail aloud (whereas 1145 is rather to cry silently)
KJV glosses:--bewail, weep.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences34

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔκλαιεν
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Mark 14:72
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — John 20:11
ἔκλαιον
verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1IAI-S--) — Revelation 5:4
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IAI-P--) — Luke 8:52
ἐκλαύσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2AAI-P--) — Luke 7:32
ἔκλαυσεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Matthew 26:75
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 19:41
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 22:62
κλαῖε
verb, second person, present, active, singular (MorphGNT 2PAD-S--) — Luke 7:13
verb, second person, present, active, singular (MorphGNT 2PAD-S--) — Revelation 5:5
κλαίειν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Romans 12:15
κλαίεις
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — John 20:13
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — John 20:15
κλαίετε
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--) — Mark 5:39
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Luke 23:28
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Luke 8:52
κλαίοντας
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPAPM-) — Mark 5:38
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPAPM-) — John 11:33
κλαίοντες
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Luke 6:21
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Acts 21:13
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — 1 Corinthians 7:30
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Revelation 18:15
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Revelation 18:19
κλαιόντων
verb, present, active, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPGPM-) — Romans 12:15
κλαίουσα
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — Matthew 2:18
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — Luke 7:38
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — John 20:11
κλαίουσαι
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNPF-) — Acts 9:39
κλαίουσαν
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPASF-) — John 11:33
κλαίουσιν
verb, present, active, participle, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPDPM-) — Mark 16:10
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Revelation 18:11
κλαίων
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-) — Philippians 3:18
κλαύσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — James 4:9
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — James 5:1
κλαύσετε
verb, second person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2FAI-P--) — Luke 6:25
verb, second person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2FAI-P--) — John 16:20
κλαύσῃ
verb, third person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3AAS-S--) — John 11:31
κλαύσουσιν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Revelation 18:9

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κλαιω.