Dictionary entry

δακρύω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

δακρύω

[in LXX for בָּכָה, etc.;]

to weep, shed tears: Jo 11:35.†

SYN.: κλαίω, of audible weeping, to cry; ὀδύρομαι, of grief expressed verbally, to lament; θρηνέω, of formal lamentation, to sing a dirge; ἀλαλάζω, to wail in Oriental fashion; στενάζω, of grief expressed by inarticulate sounds, to groan.