βοάω, -ῶ
(< βοή), [in LXX chiefly for זעק, צעק, קרא;]
1. absol., to cry, call out: Mt 3:3, 27:46, Mk 1:315:34, Lk 3:49:3818:38, Jo 1:23, Ac 8:717:625:24, Ga 4:27.
2. C. dat., to call on for help (Heb. זעק על, Ho 7:14, al.), Lk 18:7.†
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.