Greek word · G310

ἀναβοάω

anaboaō

to cry out

To cry out, shout up loudly. It is used for a loud cry of distress or appeal.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ἀνα-βοάω, -ῶ

[in LXX for צָעַק, זָעַק, קָרָא, etc. ;]

to cry out: Matthew 27:46 (WH, ἐβόησεν; see MM, VGT, see word).†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Matthew 27:46

Range of meaning

To cry out, shout up loudly. It is used for a loud cry of distress or appeal.

Against the English

'Cried out' is accurate. The 'up' (ana-) in the Greek, the cry rising, is lost, but it hardly changes the meaning.

Used elsewhere in the period

In the Greek Old Testament the verb is used for crying out to God in distress, for example Israel in Egypt 'cried out, and their cry went up to God' (Exod 2:23). It is rare in the New Testament. Mark's parallel uses the simpler boaō.

Where it appears

Matthew · 1

  1. Matthew 27:46 ἀνεβόησεν cried out

    About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

    Here: A strong verb that means to shout or cry upward. In the Greek Old Testament it is used for people crying out to God in distress. The past tense presents it as one single outcry.

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